Mallam Gana Surname
Approximately 325 people bear this surname
Mallam Gana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 297 | 1:596,440 | 28,618 |
| Niger | 28 | 1:685,429 | 16,503 |
Mallam Gana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mallam Gana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mallam Gana has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mallam Gana? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 844,382nd most widely held family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 22,423,218 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mallam Gana reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 297 people, or 1 in 596,440. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Yobe, where 62 percent are found, Borno, where 38 percent are found and Adamawa, where 0 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Niger, where 9 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 Mallam Gana
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