Gano Surname
Approximately 17,308 people bear this surname
Gano Surname Definition:
GANO: Local. Welsh, genau, an opening of a lake, river, dale or valley; a place admitting entrance. Genau, in German, signifies short, alluding to stature.
Gano Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 7,240 | 1:2,014 | 179 |
| Philippines | 2,633 | 1:38,450 | 5,960 |
| United States | 2,448 | 1:148,063 | 15,266 |
| Mali | 1,291 | 1:13,144 | 602 |
| Egypt | 671 | 1:137,013 | 10,788 |
| Pakistan | 632 | 1:282,664 | 6,066 |
| Poland | 502 | 1:75,715 | 11,838 |
| Niger | 195 | 1:98,421 | 4,058 |
| Nigeria | 191 | 1:927,449 | 39,947 |
| India | 186 | 1:4,124,007 | 110,764 |
| Kenya | 185 | 1:249,621 | 17,012 |
| Canada | 129 | 1:285,625 | 26,641 |
| Zimbabwe | 102 | 1:151,355 | 19,214 |
| Albania | 93 | 1:31,334 | 4,834 |
| Spain | 85 | 1:550,024 | 26,624 |
| Cameroon | 78 | 1:266,270 | 25,687 |
| Indonesia | 71 | 1:1,862,665 | 118,960 |
| Papua New Guinea | 63 | 1:129,424 | 17,695 |
| Japan | 54 | 1:2,367,487 | 29,899 |
| Germany | 40 | 1:2,012,636 | 110,053 |
| Ivory Coast | 38 | 1:607,138 | 17,958 |
| France | 34 | 1:1,953,609 | 166,012 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Gambia | 25 | 1:76,938 | 264 |
| Iran | 22 | 1:3,490,115 | 99,764 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Israel | 21 | 1:407,506 | 32,346 |
| Mauritania | 19 | 1:215,519 | 10,553 |
| Burkina Faso | 14 | 1:1,310,864 | 11,575 |
| Taiwan | 14 | 1:1,674,625 | 11,030 |
| Brazil | 14 | 1:15,291,024 | 280,658 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Colombia | 12 | 1:3,981,173 | 16,511 |
| Solomon Islands | 8 | 1:72,504 | 14,153 |
| Mexico | 7 | 1:17,732,315 | 50,495 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 1:4,824,561 | 42,415 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 735 | 1:68,325 | 7,415 |
The alternate forms: Gaño (1,477) & Ganó (2) are calculated separately.
Gano (6,143) may also be a first name.
Gano Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
GANO: Local. Welsh, genau, an opening of a lake, river, dale or valley; a place admitting entrance. Genau, in German, signifies short, alluding to stature.
Gano Demographics
Average Gano Salary in
United States
$43,090 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gano Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gano Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gano (Arabic: غنو, Bengali: গাঁও, Georgian: განო, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﻧﻮ, Hindi: गानो, Marathi: गणो, Oriya: ଗାନ, Russian: Гано) is found most frequently in Senegal. It can be found as a variant: Gaño or Ganó. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gano? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 30,862nd most commonly held surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 421,051 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 58 percent of Gano live; 52 percent live in West Africa and 42 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 84,381st most commonly used forename at a global level, borne by 6,143 people.
Gano is most widespread in Senegal, where it is borne by 7,240 people, or 1 in 2,014. In Senegal it is most common in: Kolda Region, where 78 percent are found, Sédhiou Region, where 8 percent are found and Dakar Region, where 6 percent are found. Excluding Senegal this last name occurs in 86 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 15 percent are found and The United States, where 14 percent are found.
Gano Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Gano has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 333 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gano Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Gano last name are 17.97% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 64.74% being registered with the political party.
The amount Gano earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 13.23% less than the national average, earning 300,297 kr per year; in Colombia they earn 7.31% more than the national average, earning $24,362,200 COP per year; in United States they earn 0.14% less than the national average, earning $43,090 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.88% more than the national average, earning $50,619 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gano Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gano in the Georgian language | ||
| განო | gano | - |
| Gano in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﻧﻮ | kanw | - |
| Gano in the Bengali language | ||
| গাঁও | gamo | - |
| Gano in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗାନ | gana | - |
| Gano in the Hindi language | ||
| गानो | gano | 70.45 |
| गनो | gano | 27.27 |
| गणो | gano | 2.27 |
| Gano in the Marathi language | ||
| गणो | gano | 50 |
| गनो | gano | 35.71 |
| गानो | gano | 14.29 |
| Gano in the Russian language | ||
| Гано | gano | - |
| Gano in the Arabic language | ||
| غنو | ghnw | - |
| غانو | ghanw | - |
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