Ganyala Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Ganyala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Ganyala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ganyala Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ganyala is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of Ganyala click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ganyala? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 8,968,613th most frequently used surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Ganyala live; 50 percent live in East Africa and 50 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 26,470,806. In Tanzania Ganyala is most numerous in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 50 percent reside and Tabora Region, where 50 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 25 percent reside and South Africa, where 25 percent reside.
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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 Ganyala
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