Ganayan Surname
Approximately 181 people bear this surname
Ganayan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 149 | 1:679,451 | 69,999 |
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Ganayan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ganayan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ganayan (Marathi: गनयान, Russian: Ганаян) is borne by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ganayan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ganayan is the 1,267,784th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 40,262,685 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 84 percent of Ganayan reside; 83 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 82 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia.
The last name is most frequently used in The Philippines, where it is borne by 149 people, or 1 in 679,451. In The Philippines Ganayan is mostly found in: Central Luzon, where 81 percent are found, Cordillera Administrative Region, where 15 percent are found and Ilocos, where 2 percent are found. Besides The Philippines it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 15 percent are found and India, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ganayan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ganayan in the Marathi language | ||
| गनयान | ganayana | - |
| Ganayan in the Russian language | ||
| Ганаян | ganaan | - |
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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 Ganayan
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