Gapana Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Gapana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 15 | 1:1,384,605 | 80,726 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Gapana (12) may also be a first name.
Gapana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gapana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gapana (Oriya: ଜିଆପନା) occurs most in Cameroon. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gapana? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,034,050th most commonly used surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The surname Gapana is primarily found in Africa, where 63 percent of Gapana live; 58 percent live in Central Africa and 58 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most widely held given name at a global level, held by 12 people.
It is most common in Cameroon, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 1,384,605. In Cameroon Gapana is most prevalent in: East Region, where 93 percent live and Far North Region, where 7 percent live. Outside of Cameroon it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 17 percent live and India, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gapana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gapana in the Oriya language | ||
| ଜିଆପନା | ji'apana | 20 |
| ଗାପାନା | gapana | 20 |
| ଗାପାନ | gapana | 20 |
| ଗପାନା | gapana | 20 |
| ଗପନା | gapana | 20 |
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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
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- 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 Gapana
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