Ganjou Surname
Approximately 37 people bear this surname
Ganjou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 24 | 1:3,199,272 | 94,565 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
Ganjou (12) may also be a first name.
Ganjou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ganjou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ganjou occurs more in Iran more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Ganjou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ganjou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,228,735th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 196,960,700 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 65 percent of Ganjou live; 65 percent live in South Asia and 65 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Ganjou is also the 3,306,491st most frequently used first name globally. It is borne by 12 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Iran, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 3,199,272. In Iran Ganjou is mostly concentrated in: Bushehr Province, where 50 percent are found, Mazandaran Province, where 25 percent are found and Alborz Province, where 4 percent are found. Besides Iran this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 24 percent are found and The United States, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Ganjou
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