Ganyama Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Ganyama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Ganyama (17) may also be a first name.
Ganyama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ganyama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ganyama (Oriya: ଗନଯ୍ାମା) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ganyama? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,117,718th most commonly held family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Ganyama reside; 43 percent reside in West Africa and 43 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ganyama is also the 2,694,839th most commonly occurring first name internationally It is held by 17 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria Ganyama is most numerous in: Borno, where 33 percent live, Kano, where 33 percent live and Yobe, where 33 percent live. Besides Nigeria Ganyama exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 14 percent live and India, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ganyama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ganyama in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗନଯ୍ାମା | ganayama | - |
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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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- 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 Ganyama
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