Gaanu Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Gaanu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Gaanu (8) may also be a first name.
Gaanu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gaanu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gaanu (Marathi: गानू) is more frequently found in Ghana than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaanu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,723,624th most commonly held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 63 percent of Gaanu live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gaanu is also the 4,213,784th most widely held first name worldwide, borne by 8 people.
Gaanu is most frequently held in Ghana, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 6,755,173. Excluding Ghana it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 38 percent reside and Uganda, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gaanu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gaanu in the Marathi language | ||
| गानू | ganu | - |
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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
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- 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 Gaanu
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