Ganyah Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Ganyah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Guyana | 7 | 1:108,889 | 7,175 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Ganyah (37) may also be a first name.
Ganyah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ganyah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ganyah is more commonly found in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ganyah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,772,636th most common family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name Ganyah is mostly found in Asia, where 53 percent of Ganyah are found; 53 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 53 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Ganyah is also the 1,688,769th most frequently used first name world-wide. It is borne by 37 people.
Ganyah is most frequent in Malaysia, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 3,686,778. In Malaysia it is primarily concentrated in: Sarawak, where 88 percent are found and Kuala Lumpur, where 13 percent are found. Excluding Malaysia it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Guyana, where 41 percent are found and Indonesia, where 6 percent are found.
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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 Ganyah
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