Ganyile Surname

446,740th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 763 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Ganyile Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ganyile Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa7631:71,0068,851

Ganyile (30) may also be a first name.

Ganyile Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ganyile Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Ganyile is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Ganyile click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ganyile? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ganyile is the 446,740th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 9,551,174 people. The last name Ganyile occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ganyile live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,911,214th most common given name throughout the world, held by 30 people.

The surname Ganyile is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 763 people, or 1 in 71,006. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 82 percent reside, KwaZulu-Natal, where 12 percent reside and Gauteng, where 3 percent reside.

Ganyile Last Name Statistics demography

Ganyile earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 26.99% less than the national average, earning R 173,496 per year.

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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 Ganyile
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