Ganeshen Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Ganeshen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ganeshen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa191:2,851,458109,033
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Ganeshen (36) may also be a first name.

Ganeshen Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ganeshen Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Ganeshen is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ganeshen? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ganeshen is the 3,798,600th most widely held last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. Ganeshen is predominantly found in Africa, where 70 percent of Ganeshen live; 70 percent live in Southern Africa and 70 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Ganeshen is also the 1,717,090th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 36 people.

This last name is most widely held in South Africa, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 2,851,458. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 74 percent reside, Gauteng, where 16 percent reside and Northern Cape, where 5 percent reside. Other than South Africa it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 19 percent reside and India, where 7 percent reside.

Ganeshen Last Name Statistics demography

Ganeshen earn somewhat more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 5.89% more than the national average, earning R 251,640 per year.

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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 Ganeshen
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