Gogang Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Gogang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 39 | 1:532,540 | 42,124 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Gogang (39) may also be a first name.
Gogang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gogang Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gogang has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gogang? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,017,195th most frequently used family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Gogang live; 93 percent live in Central Africa and 93 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,637,361st most commonly held first name worldwide, held by 39 people.
The surname Gogang is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 39 people, or 1 in 532,540. In Cameroon Gogang is most numerous in: Littoral Region, where 51 percent are found, Centre Region, where 41 percent are found and West Region, where 5 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 2 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Gogang
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