Guitanga Surname
Approximately 9,751 people bear this surname
Guitanga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 9,730 | 1:1,886 | 268 |
| Benin | 20 | 1:516,780 | 33,864 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Guitanga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Guitanga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Guitanga is held by more people in Burkina Faso than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Guitanga? popularity and diffusion
The last name Guitanga is the 52,472nd most commonly held family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 747,364 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Guitanga live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Guitanga is most widely held in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 9,730 people, or 1 in 1,886. In Burkina Faso Guitanga is most common in: Est Region, where 92 percent reside, Centre-Nord Region, where 4 percent reside and Sahel Region, where 2 percent reside. Besides Burkina Faso it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 0 percent reside and Niger, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guittanga | 94 | 50 | / |
| Guitannga | 94 | 1 | / |
| Gitanga | 93 | 52 | / |
| Githanga | 88 | 270 | / |
| Gitang'a | 88 | 5 | / |
| Quitanga | 88 | 3 | / |
| Guitonga | 88 | 2 | / |
| Gujtanga | 88 | 1 | / |
| Guitango | 88 | 1 | / |
| Guetanga | 88 | 1 | / |
| Githang'a | 82 | 85 | / |
| Guitangou | 82 | 1 | / |
| Ngaitanga | 82 | 1 | / |
| Gitonga | 80 | 81,503 | / |
| Gitango | 80 | 8 | / |
| Getanga | 80 | 1 | / |
| Githonga | 75 | 7 | / |
| Guitongo | 75 | 2 | / |
| Gitongah | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kgitonga | 75 | 1 | / |
| Gitaungo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Geethanga | 71 | 950 | / |
| Getangahe | 71 | 4 | / |
| Gitongo | 67 | 30 | / |
| Getonga | 67 | 6 | / |
| Getango | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ngwethanga | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gjtonga | 67 | 1 | / |
| Githongo | 63 | 1,351 | / |
| Ngitongo | 63 | 246 | / |
| Quitongo | 63 | 26 | / |
| Getongai | 63 | 1 | / |
| Quitóngo | 63 | 1 | / |
| Ghitongo | 63 | 1 | / |
| Nghitongo | 59 | 92 | / |
| Kwithonga | 59 | 4 | / |
| Githong'o | 59 | 2 | / |
| Gouetongo | 59 | 1 | / |
| Kwetangai | 59 | 1 | / |
| Getongo | 53 | 56 | / |
| Gethongo | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Guitanga
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