Ghaan Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Ghaan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 12 | 1:367,378 | 19,503 |
| Pakistan | 10 | 1:17,864,388 | 68,137 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
The alternate forms: Ghâan (1) are calculated separately.
Ghaan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghaan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ghaan is held by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Ghâan. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghaan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,116,508th most numerous family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 52 percent of Ghaan live; 52 percent live in West Africa and 52 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.
It is most prevalent in Liberia, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 367,378. In Liberia Ghaan is mostly found in: Nimba County, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Liberia Ghaan is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 43 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Ghaan
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