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
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Gano Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gano Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gano (Arabic: غنو, Bengali: গাঁও, Georgian: განო, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﻧﻮ, Hindi: गानो, Marathi: गणो, Oriya: ଗାନ, Russian: Гано) is found in Senegal more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as: Gaño or Ganó. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gano? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 30,862nd most widely held surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 421,051 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 58 percent of Gano are found; 52 percent are found in West Africa and 42 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 84,381st most widely held first name on earth, borne by 6,143 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Senegal, where it is held by 7,240 people, or 1 in 2,014. In Senegal it is mostly concentrated in: Kolda Region, where 78 percent live, Sédhiou Region, where 8 percent live and Dakar Region, where 6 percent live. Beside Senegal this last name exists in 86 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 15 percent live and The United States, where 14 percent live.
Gano Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Gano has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 333 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gano Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Gano surname are 17.97% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 64.74% registered with the 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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