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
The last name Gankpan is more commonly found in Benin than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gankpan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gankpan is the 2,530,696th most commonly used last name globally, borne by around 1 in 125,647,343 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gankpan reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Gankpan is most commonly used in Benin, where it is carried by 54 people, or 1 in 191,400. In Benin Gankpan is primarily found in: Ouémé Department, where 74 percent reside, Zou Department, where 20 percent reside and Littoral Department, where 4 percent reside. Without taking into account Benin Gankpan is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 3 percent reside and Ethiopia, where 2 percent reside.
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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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