Ganniah Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Ganniah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ganniah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ganniah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ganniah occurs most in Liberia. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Ganniah.
How Common Is The Last Name Ganniah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,723,624th most prevalent last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Ganniah is predominantly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Ganniah are found; 75 percent are found in West Africa and 75 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa.
The surname is most widely held in Liberia, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 734,756. In Liberia it is most numerous in: Nimba County, where 100 percent are found. Besides Liberia this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 13 percent are found and The United States, where 13 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
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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 Ganniah
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