Ganaway Surname

322,929th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,155 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Ganaway Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ganaway Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9351:387,65734,118
Philippines2121:477,53957,195
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
England11:55,718,059489,080
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England431:566,86929,432
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2701:185,99516,466

Ganaway Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ganaway is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ganaway? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 322,929th most frequent last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 6,309,564 people. The last name Ganaway is primarily found in The Americas, where 81 percent of Ganaway are found; 81 percent are found in North America and 81 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname Ganaway is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 935 people, or 1 in 387,657. In The United States Ganaway is most prevalent in: Louisiana, where 11 percent are found, Texas, where 11 percent are found and Missouri, where 9 percent are found. Other than The United States Ganaway occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 18 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.

Ganaway Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Ganaway has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Ganaway last name expanded 346 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 98 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Ganaway Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Ganaway last name are 19.5% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 66.27% being registered to vote for the political party.

Ganaway earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 18.2% less than the national average, earning $35,298 USD per year.

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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 Ganaway
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