Gavanga Surname
Approximately 147 people bear this surname
Gavanga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 145 | 1:106,471 | 14,772 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gavanga (16) may also be a first name.
Gavanga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gavanga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gavanga is found most in Zimbabwe. It may occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Gavanga.
How Common Is The Last Name Gavanga? popularity and diffusion
Gavanga is the 1,453,389th most common surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 49,575,142 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Gavanga are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently held first name at a global level. It is borne by 16 people.
Gavanga is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 145 people, or 1 in 106,471. In Zimbabwe Gavanga is most frequent in: Mashonaland West Province, where 33 percent reside, Midlands Province, where 32 percent reside and Harare Province, where 17 percent reside. Apart from Zimbabwe this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 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 Gavanga
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