Ganya Surname
Approximately 5,521 people bear this surname
Ganya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 1,852 | 1:8,336 | 978 |
| South Africa | 958 | 1:56,553 | 7,177 |
| India | 719 | 1:1,066,850 | 44,205 |
| Malawi | 706 | 1:24,248 | 3,692 |
| Malaysia | 395 | 1:74,669 | 5,352 |
| Nigeria | 239 | 1:741,183 | 33,732 |
| Russia | 124 | 1:1,162,283 | 85,907 |
| Uganda | 116 | 1:336,546 | 22,436 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Australia | 66 | 1:409,026 | 32,879 |
| Japan | 51 | 1:2,506,751 | 30,743 |
| Moldova | 50 | 1:71,227 | 9,458 |
| Philippines | 37 | 1:2,736,168 | 135,784 |
| Indonesia | 29 | 1:4,560,317 | 223,141 |
| Niger | 23 | 1:834,436 | 19,133 |
| Benin | 17 | 1:607,977 | 36,930 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Kazakhstan | 6 | 1:2,947,083 | 107,736 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
The alternate forms: Gánya (46) are calculated separately.
Ganya (3,042) may also be a first name.
Ganya Demographics
Ganya Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Ganya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ganya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ganya (Bengali: গন্য, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﻧﻴﻪ, Hindi: गन्या, Marathi: गन्या, Oriya: ଜ୍ଞାନର, Russian: Ганя) occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Gánya. Click here to see other potential spellings of Ganya.
How Common Is The Last Name Ganya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 87,176th most commonly held surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,319,968 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 72 percent of Ganya live; 64 percent live in Southern Africa and 64 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Ganya is also the 130,963rd most commonly used first name in the world, held by 3,042 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 1,852 people, or 1 in 8,336. In Zimbabwe Ganya is primarily concentrated in: Mashonaland West Province, where 23 percent reside, Mashonaland Central Province, where 17 percent reside and Mashonaland East Province, where 15 percent reside. Beside Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 40 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 17 percent reside and India, where 13 percent reside.
Ganya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is principally Orthodox (100%) in Russia.
The amount Ganya earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 52.6% less than the national average, earning R 112,644 per year and in United States they earn 34.14% less than the national average, earning $28,417 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ganya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ganya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﻧﻴﻪ | kanyh | - |
| Ganya in the Hindi language | ||
| गन्या | gan'ya | 79.64 |
| गंया | ganya | 12.57 |
| गण्या | ganya | 4.79 |
| गाण्या | ganya | 1.2 |
| गान्या | gan'ya | 0.6 |
| गनया | ganaya | 0.3 |
| ज्ञाना | jnana | 0.3 |
| Ganya in the Bengali language | ||
| গন্য | gan'ya | 66.67 |
| জ্ঞন | jnana | 33.33 |
| Ganya in the Marathi language | ||
| गन्या | gan'ya | 57 |
| गण्या | ganya | 39.84 |
| गाण्या | ganya | 0.68 |
| गान्या | gan'ya | 0.68 |
| पाण्या | panya | 0.23 |
| गण्य | ganya | 0.11 |
| घन | ghana | 0.11 |
| गज्या | gajya | 0.11 |
| आन्या | an'ya | 0.11 |
| गणू | ganu | 0.11 |
| गेण्या | genya | 0.11 |
| आण्या | anya | 0.11 |
| राण्या | ranya | 0.11 |
| गणया | ganaya | 0.11 |
| Ganya in the Oriya language | ||
| ଜ୍ଞାନର | jnanara | 25 |
| ଗୟଁ | gayam | 25 |
| ଗାନଯ୍ | ganay | 25 |
| ରଂଜନ | ranjana | 25 |
| Ganya in the Russian language | ||
| Ганя | gana | - |
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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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Ganya
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