Ganaje Surname
Approximately 407 people bear this surname
Ganaje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somalia | 392 | 1:34,316 | 1,714 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
Ganaje (10) may also be a first name.
Ganaje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ganaje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ganaje (Marathi: गानजे) is borne by more people in Somalia than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ganaje? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 717,442nd most frequently used family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 17,905,518 people. Ganaje occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Ganaje live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in Cushitic Africa. Ganaje is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly occurring first name on earth It is held by 10 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Somalia, where it is held by 392 people, or 1 in 34,316. Besides Somalia this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 3 percent reside and Nigeria, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ganaje Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ganaje in the Marathi language | ||
| गानजे | ganaje | 42.86 |
| गणजे | ganaje | 42.86 |
| गनाजे | ganaje | 14.29 |
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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 Ganaje
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