Ganyau Surname
Approximately 223 people bear this surname
Ganyau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 210 | 1:73,515 | 10,895 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Ganyau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ganyau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ganyau is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ganyau? popularity and diffusion
Ganyau is the 1,098,270th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 32,679,578 people. The last name Ganyau is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Ganyau are found; 94 percent are found in Southern Africa and 94 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 210 people, or 1 in 73,515. In Zimbabwe Ganyau is most frequent in: Harare Province, where 32 percent live, Mashonaland East Province, where 27 percent live and Mashonaland West Province, where 25 percent live. Outside of Zimbabwe Ganyau exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 4 percent live and Indonesia, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anyau | 91 | 548 | / |
| Ganyou | 83 | 73 | / |
| Anyahu | 83 | 30 | / |
| Ganiau | 83 | 22 | / |
| Anyaup | 83 | 1 | / |
| Eanyau | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gonyeau | 77 | 275 | / |
| Nganyou | 77 | 253 | / |
| Gainyou | 77 | 2 | / |
| Gangeau | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ganiaud | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ganyeou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Anyou | 73 | 618 | / |
| Aniau | 73 | 140 | / |
| Ganyehou | 71 | 18 | / |
| Gauniaux | 71 | 3 | / |
| Ngainyou | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ng'anyou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gonyeaux | 71 | 0 | / |
| Gonyou | 67 | 368 | / |
| Goniau | 67 | 13 | / |
| Hanyou | 67 | 8 | / |
| Anyout | 67 | 6 | / |
| Aunyou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Anniau | 67 | 2 | / |
| Angeau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ainiau | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Ganyau
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