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
The last name Ganyah is most common in Malaysia. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ganyah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,772,636th most frequently held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. This last name is predominantly 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 frequent first name world-wide It is held by 37 people.
The surname Ganyah is most frequently used in Malaysia, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 3,686,778. In Malaysia it is most numerous in: Sarawak, where 88 percent live and Kuala Lumpur, where 13 percent live. Other than Malaysia it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Guyana, where 41 percent live and Indonesia, where 6 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 Ganyah
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