Ganiah Surname
Approximately 38 people bear this surname
Ganiah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 31 | 1:4,266,103 | 213,470 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ganiah (77) may also be a first name.
Ganiah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ganiah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ganiah is most common in Indonesia. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ganiah? popularity and diffusion
Ganiah is the 3,185,033rd most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 92 percent of Ganiah live; 84 percent live in Southeast Asia and 84 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,100,117th most numerous given name at a global level, held by 77 people.
It is most common in Indonesia, where it is borne by 31 people, or 1 in 4,266,103. In Indonesia Ganiah is most numerous in: South Kalimantan, where 55 percent live, West Java, where 32 percent live and Banten, where 13 percent live. Aside from Indonesia this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Jordan, where 5 percent live and Liberia, where 5 percent live.
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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 Ganiah
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