Ganapathy Surname

57,876th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,745 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Bahrain

Ganapathy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ganapathy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India3,6261:211,54612,621
United Arab Emirates8611:10,6411,329
United States7731:468,89939,909
Saudi Arabia6761:45,6456,666
Malaysia6371:46,3023,698
Sri Lanka5121:40,6424,863
Oman3441:10,7211,349
Bahrain2941:4,587818
Qatar2501:9,4321,032
Singapore2311:23,843932
Kuwait1741:21,8432,878
Canada881:418,70036,754
England881:633,16037,224
Australia521:519,14839,018
South Africa241:2,257,40496,432
Japan91:14,204,92146,388
Netherlands91:1,876,35385,467
Sudan91:4,167,7995,799
Wales81:386,81619,671
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
France41:16,605,680368,153
China31:455,773,85521,925
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Iran21:38,391,262236,033
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770

Ganapathy (4,318) may also be a first name.

Ganapathy Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ganapathy (Hindi: गणपति, Marathi: गणपती) has its highest incidence in India. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ganapathy? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ganapathy is the 57,876th most commonly used surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 833,339 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 87 percent of Ganapathy live; 47 percent live in South Asia and 47 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Ganapathy is also the 105,246th most frequently occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 4,318 people.

The last name Ganapathy is most frequently occurring in India, where it is borne by 3,626 people, or 1 in 211,546. In India it is mostly found in: Tamil Nadu, where 50 percent are found, Karnataka, where 17 percent are found and Maharashtra, where 5 percent are found. Other than India this last name exists in 54 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 10 percent are found and The United States, where 9 percent are found.

Ganapathy Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Ganapathy are 5.59% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 58.82% being registered with the political party.

The amount Ganapathy earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 292.32% more than the national average, earning R 932,292 per year; in United States they earn 22.42% more than the national average, earning $52,823 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.58% more than the national average, earning $49,969 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Ganapathy Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ganapathy in the Hindi language
गणपतिganapati-
Ganapathy in the Marathi language
गणपतीganapati57.69
गणपथीganapathi12.5
गणपganapa7.69
गणपितganapita6.73
गणपथ्यganapathya2.88
गणपतganapata2.88
गणपतेganapate1.92
गणपाथीganapathi1.92
गणपथ्येganapathye1.92
गनपतीganapati1.92
गणपतयेganapataye0.96
गनपथीganapathi0.96

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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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