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 surname Godanga is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Godanga? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,518,885th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 53,193,766 people. It is primarily 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.
This last name is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 133 people, or 1 in 156,158. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Adamawa Region, where 59 percent live, East Region, where 29 percent live and Far North Region, where 8 percent live. Besides Cameroon this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 2 percent live and Chad, where 1 percent live.
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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 Godanga
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