Ganchas Surname
Approximately 156 people bear this surname
Ganchas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 151 | 1:68,995 | 3,598 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ganchas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ganchas Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ganchas is more commonly found in Portugal than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ganchas? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ganchas is the 1,398,030th most common family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 46,715,038 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Ganchas live; 97 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 97 percent live in Iberian Europe.
The last name Ganchas is most widespread in Portugal, where it is held by 151 people, or 1 in 68,995. Excluding Portugal Ganchas is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Namibia, where 1 percent are found and England, where 1 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
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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
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