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) is carried by more people in Namibia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ganeb? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 383,389th most frequently used last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 7,852,959 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 72 percent of Ganeb reside; 54 percent reside in Southern Africa and 54 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Namibia, where it is borne by 501 people, or 1 in 4,809. In Namibia it is most prevalent in: Omaheke Region, where 46 percent live, Kunene Region, where 26 percent live and Erongo Region, where 15 percent live. Apart from Namibia this surname occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 26 percent live and Egypt, where 16 percent live.
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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