Ganyea Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Ganyea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 7 | 1:629,791 | 27,063 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Ganyea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ganyea Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ganyea has its highest incidence in Liberia. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ganyea? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,360,413th most widely held last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. Ganyea occurs predominantly in Africa, where 78 percent of Ganyea are found; 78 percent are found in West Africa and 78 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa.
This last name is most widespread in Liberia, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 629,791. In Liberia it is mostly found in: Grand Gedeh County, where 100 percent live. Outside of Liberia this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 11 percent live and The United States, where 11 percent live.
Ganyea Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Ganyea has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Ganyea last name decreased 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Ganyea
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