Gansay Surname
Approximately 163 people bear this surname
Gansay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 146 | 1:693,412 | 70,840 |
| India | 16 | 1:47,941,586 | 492,263 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Gansay (29) may also be a first name.
Gansay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gansay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gansay (Hindi: गण्सया, Marathi: गांसाय) is found in The Philippines more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gansay? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,359,010th most numerous last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 44,708,871 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Gansay reside; 90 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 88 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. Gansay is also the 1,951,561st most prevalent first name on earth, borne by 29 people.
The surname is most frequent in The Philippines, where it is carried by 146 people, or 1 in 693,412. In The Philippines it is most frequent in: Northern Mindanao, where 65 percent reside, Mimaropa, where 21 percent reside and Zamboanga Peninsula, where 8 percent reside. Other than The Philippines this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 10 percent reside and Benin, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gansay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gansay in the Marathi language | ||
| गांसाय | gansaya | - |
| Gansay in the Hindi language | ||
| गण्सया | gansaya | 80 |
| गन्शया | gansaya | 20 |
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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 Gansay
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