Ganyo Surname
Approximately 5,713 people bear this surname
Ganyo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 3,879 | 1:6,966 | 936 |
| Togo | 1,155 | 1:6,275 | 1,305 |
| United States | 234 | 1:1,548,970 | 104,799 |
| Zimbabwe | 144 | 1:107,210 | 14,835 |
| Nigeria | 56 | 1:3,163,264 | 96,723 |
| Benin | 45 | 1:229,680 | 20,839 |
| Botswana | 39 | 1:56,075 | 10,323 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Czechia | 30 | 1:354,449 | 42,602 |
| Italy | 20 | 1:3,057,834 | 99,174 |
| Canada | 18 | 1:2,046,977 | 128,463 |
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Ivory Coast | 7 | 1:3,295,890 | 46,139 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Ganyo (1,310) may also be a first name.
Ganyo Demographics
Ganyo Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ganyo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ganyo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ganyo has its highest incidence in Ghana. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ganyo? popularity and diffusion
Ganyo is the 84,558th most frequent surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 1,275,608 people. Ganyo occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Ganyo live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 217,287th most numerous first name globally, borne by 1,310 people.
The surname Ganyo is most prevalent in Ghana, where it is borne by 3,879 people, or 1 in 6,966. Aside from Ghana this last name is found in 31 countries. It is also found in Togo, where 20 percent reside and The United States, where 4 percent reside.
Ganyo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Ganyo has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 3,343 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Ganyo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly Muslim (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Ganyo last name are 15.13% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 61.9% being registered with the political party.
The amount Ganyo earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 2.53% less than the national average, earning $42,057 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.12% less than the national average, earning $47,636 CAD 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 Ganyo
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