Gañán Surname

2,506,728th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 59 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Spain

Gañán Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gañán Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain491:954,12336,393
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

The alternate forms: Gañan (9,200), Ganán (8), Gañàn (1), Gáñán (1), Ganan (7,531) & Ganàn (2) are calculated separately.

Gañán Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gañán occurs more in Spain more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as: Gañan, Ganán, Gañàn, Gáñán, Ganan or Ganàn. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gañán? popularity and diffusion

The surname Gañán is the 2,506,728th most numerous last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 123,517,727 people. The last name Gañán is mostly found in Europe, where 86 percent of Gañán live; 83 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 83 percent live in Iberian Europe.

It is most frequently occurring in Spain, where it is borne by 49 people, or 1 in 954,123. In Spain it is most numerous in: Madrid, where 37 percent are found, Andalusia, where 22 percent are found and Castile and León, where 10 percent are found. Without taking into account Spain it is found in 6 countries. It is also found in The Dominican Republic, where 7 percent are found and Germany, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gañan939,200/
Ganán938/
Gañàn931/
Gáñán931/
Ganan877,531/
Ganàn872/
Gañon80214/
Gañgan73740/
Gañian732/
Añon674,218/
Añón6794/
Amán6713/
Añan672/
Añòn671/

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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 Gañán
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