Ganyangwa Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
Ganyangwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 51 | 1:302,711 | 30,394 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Ganyangwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ganyangwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ganyangwa has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ganyangwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ganyangwa is the 2,689,253rd most widely held surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. The last name Ganyangwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ganyangwa live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 51 people, or 1 in 302,711. In Zimbabwe Ganyangwa is most numerous in: Manicaland Province, where 98 percent are found and Mashonaland East Province, where 2 percent are found. Excluding Zimbabwe this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Ganyangwa
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