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

Ganswich has its highest incidence in Germany. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ganswich? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,772,636th most frequently held surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 59 percent of Ganswich are found; 59 percent are found in Western Europe and 59 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 8,050,546. In Germany Ganswich is most frequent in: Saxony-Anhalt, where 90 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 10 percent live. Not including Germany it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 35 percent live and Canada, where 6 percent live.

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
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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 Ganswich
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