Ganeb Surname
Approximately 928 people bear this surname
Ganeb Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 501 | 1:4,809 | 896 |
| Philippines | 238 | 1:425,371 | 53,304 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Guam | 16 | 1:10,008 | 1,526 |
| Mauritania | 16 | 1:255,929 | 11,901 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Ganeb Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ganeb Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ganeb (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﻧﺐ) occurs more in Namibia more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of Ganeb click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ganeb? popularity and diffusion
Ganeb is the 383,389th most commonly occurring last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 7,852,959 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 72 percent of Ganeb are found; 54 percent are found in Southern Africa and 54 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently used in Namibia, where it is held by 501 people, or 1 in 4,809. In Namibia it is mostly found in: Omaheke Region, where 46 percent reside, Kunene Region, where 26 percent reside and Erongo Region, where 15 percent reside. Barring Namibia this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 26 percent reside and Egypt, where 16 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ganeb Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ganeb in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﻧﺐ | kanb | 87.5 |
| ﻗﺎﻧﺐ | qanb | 12.5 |
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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 Ganeb
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