Ganah Surname
Approximately 1,993 people bear this surname
Ganah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 641 | 1:143,426 | 11,189 |
| Ghana | 554 | 1:48,774 | 5,381 |
| Nigeria | 527 | 1:336,134 | 18,303 |
| Israel | 134 | 1:63,863 | 8,018 |
| Liberia | 48 | 1:91,844 | 7,477 |
| Malaysia | 24 | 1:1,228,926 | 53,021 |
| Pakistan | 16 | 1:11,165,243 | 51,703 |
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13 | 1:3,862,976 | 168,604 |
Ganah (1,389) may also be a first name.
Ganah Demographics
Ganah Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Ganah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ganah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ganah (Arabic: غينه, Marathi: गानह) is borne by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ganah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 207,666th most frequently occurring family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 3,656,571 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Ganah live; 57 percent live in West Africa and 54 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 209,948th most frequent forename on earth It is held by 1,389 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Egypt, where it is carried by 641 people, or 1 in 143,426. Barring Egypt it is found in 24 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 28 percent live and Nigeria, where 26 percent live.
Ganah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Ganah has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Ganah surname decreased 85 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Ganah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Ganah surname is predominantly Christian (86%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ganah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ganah in the Marathi language | ||
| गानह | ganaha | 66.67 |
| अगनह | aganaha | 33.33 |
| Ganah in the Arabic language | ||
| غينه | ghynh | - |
| غانه | ghanh | - |
| غانيه | ghanyh | - |
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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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- 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 Ganah
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