Godanga Surname
Approximately 137 people bear this surname
Godanga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 133 | 1:156,158 | 17,045 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
Godanga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Godanga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Godanga occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Godanga? popularity and diffusion
The last name Godanga is the 1,518,885th most common family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 53,193,766 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Godanga are found; 89 percent are found in Central Africa and 58 percent are found in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa.
The last name Godanga is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 133 people, or 1 in 156,158. In Cameroon Godanga is primarily concentrated in: Adamawa Region, where 59 percent reside, East Region, where 29 percent reside and Far North Region, where 8 percent reside. Outside of Cameroon this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 2 percent reside and Chad, 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
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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 Godanga
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