Ganyan Surname
Approximately 136 people bear this surname
Ganyan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 90 | 1:48,984 | 4,396 |
| Israel | 21 | 1:407,506 | 32,346 |
| Armenia | 7 | 1:418,597 | 8,462 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 15 | 1:3,347,912 | 150,340 |
Ganyan (2,210) may also be a first name.
Ganyan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ganyan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ganyan (Bengali: জ্ঞান, Oriya: ଜ୍ଞାନର, Russian: Ганьян) has its highest incidence in Liberia. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ganyan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,527,735th most frequently used last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 53,584,896 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 68 percent of Ganyan live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 66 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 159,101st most frequently used first name on earth, borne by 2,210 people.
The surname is most common in Liberia, where it is borne by 90 people, or 1 in 48,984. In Liberia Ganyan is most common in: Grand Gedeh County, where 50 percent reside, Montserrado County, where 38 percent reside and Nimba County, where 10 percent reside. Excluding Liberia it exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 15 percent reside and Armenia, where 5 percent reside.
Ganyan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Ganyan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Ganyan last name contracted 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ganyan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ganyan in the Bengali language | ||
| জ্ঞান | jnana | - |
| Ganyan in the Oriya language | ||
| ଜ୍ଞାନର | jnanara | - |
| Ganyan in the Russian language | ||
| Ганьян | ganan | - |
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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 Ganyan
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