Gansa Surname
Approximately 2,501 people bear this surname
Gansa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 908 | 1:59,667 | 7,536 |
| Benin | 869 | 1:11,894 | 1,630 |
| Indonesia | 356 | 1:371,486 | 31,844 |
| India | 124 | 1:6,186,011 | 143,436 |
| Philippines | 76 | 1:1,332,082 | 99,105 |
| Mauritania | 41 | 1:99,875 | 6,187 |
| Malaysia | 38 | 1:776,164 | 36,096 |
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Latvia | 17 | 1:120,591 | 17,235 |
| United States | 15 | 1:24,163,929 | 685,360 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Gansa (877) may also be a first name.
Gansa Demographics
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Gansa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gansa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gansa (Arabic: الجنسا, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﻧﺺ, Hindi: गन्सा, Marathi: गन्सा, Oriya: ଗଂସ, Russian: Ганса) is found most frequently in South Africa. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gansa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 172,053rd most frequent family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 2,913,853 people. Gansa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 74 percent of Gansa reside; 37 percent reside in West Africa and 36 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 274,607th most widespread forename worldwide, held by 877 people.
Gansa is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 908 people, or 1 in 59,667. In South Africa Gansa is most common in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 90 percent are found, Gauteng, where 5 percent are found and Western Cape, where 2 percent are found. Without taking into account South Africa it exists in 24 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 35 percent are found and Indonesia, where 14 percent are found.
Gansa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Gansa has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Gansa surname grew 167 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gansa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Gansa surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% registered with the political party.
The amount Gansa earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 59.29% less than the national average, earning R 96,744 per year and in United States they earn 64.11% more than the national average, earning $70,812 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gansa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gansa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﻧﺺ | kans | 66.67 |
| ﻛﻨﺼﺎ | knsa | 33.33 |
| Gansa in the Hindi language | ||
| गन्सा | gansa | 54.29 |
| गंसा | gansa | 22.86 |
| गनसा | ganasa | 20 |
| गांसा | gansa | 2.86 |
| Gansa in the Marathi language | ||
| गन्सा | gansa | 37.5 |
| गणसा | ganasa | 25 |
| गंसा | gansa | 25 |
| गन्स | gansa | 12.5 |
| Gansa in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗଂସ | gansa | 35.25 |
| ଗାନସା | ganasa | 29.51 |
| ଗାନ୍ସା | gansa | 18.85 |
| ଗନ୍ସ | gansa | 3.28 |
| ଗନସା | ganasa | 3.28 |
| ଗାଂସ | gansa | 2.46 |
| ଗନସ | ganasa | 1.64 |
| ଗନ୍ସା | gansa | 1.64 |
| ଗାଂସା | gansa | 0.82 |
| ଗାନାସା | ganasa | 0.82 |
| ଗଁାସ | gamasa | 0.82 |
| Gansa in the Russian language | ||
| Ганса | gansa | - |
| Gansa in the Arabic language | ||
| الجنسا | aljnsa | - |
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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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- 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 Gansa
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