Ganawa Surname
Approximately 188 people bear this surname
Ganawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 43 | 1:4,119,599 | 115,187 |
| Sudan | 36 | 1:1,041,950 | 3,038 |
| Niger | 29 | 1:661,794 | 16,082 |
| Brazil | 24 | 1:8,919,764 | 194,226 |
| Liberia | 19 | 1:232,028 | 14,625 |
| Cameroon | 17 | 1:1,221,710 | 73,195 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ganawa (73) may also be a first name.
Ganawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ganawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ganawa (Oriya: ଗନୱା) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ganawa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ganawa is the 1,235,409th most commonly occurring last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 38,763,542 people. The last name Ganawa is primarily found in Africa, where 77 percent of Ganawa reside; 57 percent reside in West Africa and 23 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,134,117th most widely held first name on earth, held by 73 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 43 people, or 1 in 4,119,599. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Adamawa, where 56 percent reside, Borno, where 26 percent reside and Gombe, where 19 percent reside. Not including Nigeria it is found in 11 countries. It is also common in Sudan, where 19 percent reside and Niger, where 15 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ganawa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ganawa in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗନୱା | ganawa | - |
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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 Ganawa
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