Gankpan Surname
Approximately 58 people bear this surname
Gankpan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 54 | 1:191,400 | 18,375 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Gankpan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gankpan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gankpan is most common in Benin. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gankpan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,530,696th most numerous surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 125,647,343 people. The last name Gankpan occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gankpan reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most frequently used in Benin, where it is carried by 54 people, or 1 in 191,400. In Benin it is primarily found in: Ouémé Department, where 74 percent are found, Zou Department, where 20 percent are found and Littoral Department, where 4 percent are found. Apart from Benin this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 3 percent are found and Ethiopia, where 2 percent are found.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Gankpan
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