Ganashan Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Ganashan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ganashan (10) may also be a first name.
Ganashan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ganashan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ganashan (Marathi: गनशन) occurs most in Malaysia. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ganashan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ganashan is the 4,649,889th most widely held last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name Ganashan occurs predominantly in Asia, where 50 percent of Ganashan reside; 33 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 33 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Ganashan is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly occurring first name world-wide, borne by 10 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Malaysia, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 4,915,704. In Malaysia it is most common in: Selangor, where 83 percent are found and Kedah, where 17 percent are found. Beside Malaysia this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 22 percent are found and Canada, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ganashan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ganashan in the Marathi language | ||
| गनशन | ganasana | - |
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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 Ganashan
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