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 found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ganyama? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,117,718th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. Ganyama occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Ganyama live; 43 percent live in West Africa and 43 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ganyama is also the 2,694,839th most frequent given name world-wide. It is borne by 17 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Borno, where 33 percent live, Kano, where 33 percent live and Yobe, where 33 percent live. Apart from Nigeria Ganyama is found in 4 countries. It is also common 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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