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 in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ganssa? popularity and diffusion
Ganssa is the 2,506,728th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 123,517,727 people. Ganssa is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ganssa are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 61 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.
The last name is most widespread in Mauritania, where it is borne by 35 people, or 1 in 116,996. In Mauritania it 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. Beside Mauritania it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found 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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