Gananya Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Gananya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
Gananya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gananya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gananya is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gananya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gananya is the 6,063,924th most common surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 90 percent of Gananya reside; 90 percent reside in East Africa and 90 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequent in Uganda, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 4,337,698. In Uganda Gananya is primarily found in: Wakiso District, where 67 percent are found, Bukomansimbi District, where 22 percent are found and Kampala District, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account Uganda it exists in one country. It also occurs in Uzbekistan, where 10 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Gananya
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