Gananathan Surname

559,180th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 568 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sri Lanka
Highest density in:
Sri Lanka

Gananathan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gananathan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka5121:40,6424,863
Canada181:2,046,977128,463
England151:3,714,537119,675
India71:109,580,769786,157
Malaysia71:4,213,461150,293
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
France21:33,211,361423,184
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Gananathan (96) may also be a first name.

Gananathan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gananathan Come From? nationality or country of origin

Gananathan is found in Sri Lanka more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gananathan? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 559,180th most commonly used family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 12,830,186 people. The surname Gananathan is primarily found in Asia, where 93 percent of Gananathan reside; 91 percent reside in South Asia and 91 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Gananathan is also the 968,397th most widespread first name in the world, held by 96 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 512 people, or 1 in 40,642. Beside Sri Lanka it exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 3 percent live and England, where 3 percent live.

Gananathan Last Name Statistics demography

Gananathan earn around the same as the average income. In Canada they earn 0.87% more than the national average, earning $50,117 CAD per year.

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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
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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 Gananathan
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