Ganssa Surname
Approximately 59 people bear this surname
Ganssa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 35 | 1:116,996 | 6,922 |
| Benin | 23 | 1:449,374 | 31,324 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Ganssa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ganssa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ganssa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﻧﺺ) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ganssa? popularity and diffusion
Ganssa is the 2,506,728th most frequently used family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 123,517,727 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ganssa live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 61 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
The surname Ganssa is most commonly held in Mauritania, where it is held by 35 people, or 1 in 116,996. In Mauritania Ganssa is mostly found in: Tagant Region, where 71 percent live, Hodh Chargui Region, where 26 percent live and Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 3 percent live. Other than Mauritania it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 39 percent live and Cameroon, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ganssa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ganssa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﻧﺺ | kans | 93.75 |
| ﻗﺎﻧﺼﻪ | qansh | 6.25 |
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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 Ganssa
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