Ganan Surname
Approximately 7,531 people bear this surname
Ganan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 3,227 | 1:23,794 | 2,995 |
| Ecuador | 1,896 | 1:8,389 | 1,344 |
| Philippines | 764 | 1:132,511 | 22,539 |
| Pakistan | 751 | 1:237,875 | 5,459 |
| United States | 200 | 1:1,812,295 | 118,682 |
| India | 176 | 1:4,358,326 | 114,799 |
| Dominican Republic | 123 | 1:84,821 | 3,815 |
| Israel | 87 | 1:98,364 | 11,357 |
| Brazil | 55 | 1:3,892,261 | 106,836 |
| Benin | 35 | 1:295,303 | 24,440 |
| Nigeria | 34 | 1:5,210,081 | 134,475 |
| France | 33 | 1:2,012,810 | 168,616 |
| Colombia | 26 | 1:1,837,464 | 11,767 |
| Niger | 23 | 1:834,436 | 19,133 |
| Malaysia | 18 | 1:1,638,568 | 67,452 |
| Indonesia | 17 | 1:7,779,364 | 314,803 |
| Canada | 10 | 1:3,684,559 | 191,443 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Argentina | 8 | 1:5,342,927 | 168,491 |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 1:3,536,499 | 118,599 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
The alternate forms: Gañan (9,200), Ganán (8), Ganàn (2), Gañán (59), Gañàn (1) & Gáñán (1) are calculated separately.
Ganan (2,695) may also be a first name.
Ganan Demographics
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Ganan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ganan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ganan (Russian: Ганан) is found most in Iran. It may also be rendered as a variant: Gañan, Ganán, Ganàn, Gañán, Gañàn or Gáñán. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ganan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 66,204th most frequently held surname globally, borne by around 1 in 967,673 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 67 percent of Ganan are found; 55 percent are found in South Asia and 53 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 141,101st most commonly occurring given name at a global level, held by 2,695 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Iran, where it is held by 3,227 people, or 1 in 23,794. In Iran it is most frequent in: Zanjan Province, where 64 percent are found, Tehran Province, where 14 percent are found and Fars Province, where 4 percent are found. Outside of Iran this last name exists in 42 countries. It is also common in Ecuador, where 25 percent are found and The Philippines, where 10 percent are found.
Ganan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Ganan surname are 25.57% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 72.34% registered to vote for the party.
Ganan earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 6.63% more than the national average, earning $46,008 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ganan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ganan in the Russian language | ||
| Ганан | ganan | - |
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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 Ganan
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