Gnanga Surname
Approximately 1,536 people bear this surname
Gnanga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 796 | 1:12,984 | 1,775 |
| Burkina Faso | 438 | 1:41,900 | 2,046 |
| Congo | 147 | 1:33,939 | 3,337 |
| Ivory Coast | 135 | 1:170,898 | 7,689 |
| Senegal | 10 | 1:1,457,934 | 3,873 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gnanga (511) may also be a first name.
Gnanga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gnanga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gnanga (Hindi: गंगाश्री) is borne by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gnanga? popularity and diffusion
It is the 256,621st most frequently occurring last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 4,744,496 people. Gnanga is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Gnanga reside; 88 percent reside in West Africa and 87 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gnanga is also the 374,142nd most widespread first name world-wide It is held by 511 people.
The surname Gnanga is most prevalent in Benin, where it is borne by 796 people, or 1 in 12,984. In Benin it is most common in: Atakora Department, where 30 percent reside, Ouémé Department, where 23 percent reside and Zou Department, where 14 percent reside. Other than Benin this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Burkina Faso, where 29 percent reside and The Congo, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gnanga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gnanga in the Hindi language | ||
| गंगाश्री | gangasri | - |
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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 Gnanga
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