Ganteh Surname
Approximately 134 people bear this surname
Ganteh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 127 | 1:34,713 | 3,247 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Ganteh (15) may also be a first name.
Ganteh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ganteh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ganteh occurs more in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ganteh? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,544,715th most prevalent last name globally, borne by around 1 in 54,384,671 people. The last name Ganteh is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Ganteh reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most widely held forename throughout the world It is held by 15 people.
The surname Ganteh is most frequently occurring in Liberia, where it is borne by 127 people, or 1 in 34,713. In Liberia it is primarily concentrated in: Grand Bassa County, where 56 percent live, Montserrado County, where 17 percent live and Grand Cape Mount County, where 7 percent live. Outside of Liberia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 4 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 percent live.
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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 Ganteh
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