Ganaka Surname
Approximately 91 people bear this surname
Ganaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 75 | 1:2,361,903 | 79,171 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Ganaka (181) may also be a first name.
Ganaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ganaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ganaka (Hindi: गनका, Marathi: गनाका) is found most in Nigeria. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Ganaka.
How Common Is The Last Name Ganaka? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,955,159th most frequent surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 80,082,922 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 82 percent of Ganaka live; 82 percent live in West Africa and 82 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 677,199th most prevalent first name world-wide, held by 181 people.
The surname Ganaka is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 75 people, or 1 in 2,361,903. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Plateau, where 28 percent are found, Bauchi, where 27 percent are found and Nasarawa, where 13 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria Ganaka exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 14 percent are found and Bangladesh, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ganaka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ganaka in the Hindi language | ||
| गनका | ganaka | 86.67 |
| गनाका | ganaka | 6.67 |
| गणका | ganaka | 6.67 |
| Ganaka in the Marathi language | ||
| गनाका | ganaka | 66.67 |
| ्गणाका | ganaka | 16.67 |
| गणाका | ganaka | 8.33 |
| गानका | ganaka | 8.33 |
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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 Ganaka
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