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The sentence is :

> まあ 何人来ようが || どうってこともないがな... (|| = Column break.)
>
> It doesn't matter how many people want to come...

I'm not sure whether the first が is the subject particle (and if it can even
be used right after a volitional form) or the clause ending particle...

The way I understand it the structure is "[How many people want to come] is
not something that matters." Am I right?

Bonus point : I'm not sure whether the volitional form should be translated as
"want to come" or "will come" (though, from what I know, most of the time だろう
is used instead of ~おう to speak of the future).
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particles etymology syntax volitional-form
Volitional + が ; ~おう + が
The first が is not a subject particle. In combination with 「...う」 and/or 「まい」,
it means "no matter", or "regardless of". Here is an excerpt from
スーパー大辞林｛だいじりん｝:

>
> (4)どんな事柄{ことがら}でもかまわない,の意｛い｝を表｛あらわ｝す｡｢…うが｣｢…まいが｣の形｛かたち｝をとる｡｢どうなろう―知｛し｝ったことではない｣｢行｛い｝こう―行｛い｝くまい―,君｛きみ｝の勝手｛かって｝だ｣

The first example can be translated to: "No matter how it becomes, I do not
give a damn."

And the second one: "No matter you go or not, (I do not care). It's up to
you."

More examples can be found
[here](http://www.jgram.org/pages/viewOne.php?tagE=%28yo%29uga,%28yo%29uto)

Therefore the sentence you gave can be literally translated to "No matter how
many people come, it does not matter."
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