Ganyem Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Ganyem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Ganyem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ganyem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ganyem occurs in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ganyem? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ganyem is the 7,117,718th most commonly used last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ganyem reside; 86 percent reside in West Africa and 86 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.
Ganyem is most widely held in Liberia, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 734,756. In Liberia it is mostly found in: Nimba County, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Liberia it is found in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 14 percent reside.
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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 Ganyem
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