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 last name Ganiah is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ganiah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ganiah is the 3,185,033rd most prevalent surname globally, borne by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 92 percent of Ganiah are found; 84 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 84 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Ganiah is also the 1,100,117th most frequently used first name globally, held by 77 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Indonesia, where it is carried by 31 people, or 1 in 4,266,103. In Indonesia Ganiah is most prevalent in: South Kalimantan, where 55 percent live, West Java, where 32 percent live and Banten, where 13 percent live. Besides Indonesia this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found 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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