Ganswich Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Ganswich Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ganswich Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Ganswich Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ganswich Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Ganswich has its highest incidence in Germany. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ganswich? popularity and diffusion

Ganswich is the 4,772,636th most common last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 59 percent of Ganswich reside; 59 percent reside in Western Europe and 59 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequently used in Germany, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 8,050,546. In Germany it is most common in: Saxony-Anhalt, where 90 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 10 percent reside. Without taking into account Germany this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 35 percent reside and Canada, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ganswith8813/
Gansweith8213/
Ganzweich822/
Ghanswi801/
Nganswi801/
Gansweid7558/
Amswitch755/
Gansweidt7154/
Gansui715/
Gancwi715/
Gancwajch711/
Nganswe6749/
Amswych676/
Ganswer671/
Ngansui671/
Gansway670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Ganswich
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