Ganavas Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Ganavas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 52 | 1:14,751,257 | 245,013 |
| Australia | 9 | 1:2,999,522 | 116,751 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
Ganavas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ganavas Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ganavas (Marathi: गणवास) is found most frequently in India. It may also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ganavas? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ganavas is the 2,436,415th most commonly occurring family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 117,541,063 people. The surname Ganavas occurs predominantly in Asia, where 84 percent of Ganavas live; 84 percent live in South Asia and 84 percent live in Indo-South Asia.
Ganavas is most commonly held in India, where it is carried by 52 people, or 1 in 14,751,257. In India it is most prevalent in: Gujarat, where 87 percent live and Maharashtra, where 13 percent live. Without taking into account India this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 15 percent live and Greece, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ganavas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ganavas in the Marathi language | ||
| गणवास | ganavasa | 83.33 |
| गनवास | ganavasa | 16.67 |
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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 Ganavas
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