Ganga Family History

Spanish and Portuguese: from ganga, a word literally meaning ‘pin-tailed sandgrouse’ (of onomatopoeic origin) used figuratively to mean ‘thing of little value’ and hence ‘good bargain’. Italian (Sardinia): perhaps from the dialect word ganga ‘gill’.

Indian: from a personal name based on Ganga, the Hindi name of the River Ganges, revered by Hindus as a holy river. This surname is also found in Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname, South Africa, and Mauritius.

African (mainly Congo and Angola): unexplained.