Gancai Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Gancai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwan | 9 | 1:2,604,972 | 16,335 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Gancai (5,761) may also be a first name.
Gancai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gancai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gancai is held by more people in Taiwan than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gancai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,063,924th most widely held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Gancai are found; 90 percent are found in East Asia and 90 percent are found in Sino-East Asia. Gancai is also the 87,951st most frequently used first name at a global level It is held by 5,761 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Taiwan, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 2,604,972. In Taiwan Gancai is most prevalent in: Chiayi County, where 44 percent are found, Taoyuan City, where 44 percent are found and Taipei City, where 11 percent are found. Barring Taiwan it exists in one country. It is also found in Malaysia, where 10 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Gancai
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