Ghana Surname
Approximately 16,261 people bear this surname
Ghana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 9,042 | 1:19,757 | 1,145 |
| India | 3,492 | 1:219,664 | 13,009 |
| Iran | 2,046 | 1:37,528 | 4,407 |
| Algeria | 632 | 1:61,126 | 10,165 |
| Nigeria | 541 | 1:327,436 | 17,929 |
| Malawi | 209 | 1:81,910 | 10,289 |
| Indonesia | 56 | 1:2,361,593 | 141,864 |
| South Africa | 56 | 1:967,459 | 60,627 |
| Niger | 36 | 1:533,112 | 13,750 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Zimbabwe | 20 | 1:771,912 | 53,776 |
| Malaysia | 20 | 1:1,474,711 | 61,770 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Afghanistan | 9 | 1:3,572,576 | 20,130 |
| Syria | 9 | 1:2,144,558 | 9,551 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | 1:340,994 | 12,383 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Solomon Islands | 3 | 1:193,343 | 19,495 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Ghana (24,549) may also be a first name.
Ghana Demographics
Average Ghana Salary in
South Africa
R 481,152
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Ghana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ghana (Arabic: الغاني, Bengali: ঘনা, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻗﻨﻪ, Hindi: घना, Marathi: घना, Oriya: ଘଣା, Tibetan: ག་ན་) is more frequently found in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghana? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 32,703rd most common last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 448,161 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 90 percent of Ghana are found; 90 percent are found in South Asia and 68 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Ghana is also the 32,455th most widespread first name throughout the world It is held by 24,549 people.
The surname Ghana is most commonly occurring in Pakistan, where it is carried by 9,042 people, or 1 in 19,757. In Pakistan it is primarily concentrated in: Punjab, where 100 percent reside, Sindh, where 0 percent reside and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 0 percent reside. Not including Pakistan it is found in 32 countries. It is also common in India, where 21 percent reside and Iran, where 13 percent reside.
Ghana Last Name Statistics demography
Ghana earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 102.47% more than the national average, earning R 481,152 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ghana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ghana in the Bengali language | ||
| ঘনা | ghana | - |
| Ghana in the Marathi language | ||
| घना | ghana | 81.03 |
| हाण | hana | 7.18 |
| घणा | ghana | 4.62 |
| घाना | ghana | 4.1 |
| घणां | ghanam | 0.51 |
| घाणा | ghana | 0.51 |
| हान | hana | 0.51 |
| घमा | ghama | 0.51 |
| घऩ्ना | ghanna | 0.51 |
| Ghana in the Oriya language | ||
| ଘଣା | ghana | 72.98 |
| ଘନ | ghana | 22.96 |
| ଘନା | ghana | 0.73 |
| ଘାନା | ghana | 0.47 |
| ଘାଣା | ghana | 0.13 |
| ଘାନ | ghana | 0.04 |
| ଧନ | dhana | 0.04 |
| ଅଘଣା | aghana | 0.04 |
| ଜାନୁ | janu | 0.04 |
| ଗାହାଣ | gahana | 0.04 |
| ବନ | bana | 0.04 |
| ମନ | mana | 0.04 |
| Ghana in the Tibetan language | ||
| ག་ན་ | gana | 71.19 |
| གཱ་ན་ | gana | 20.34 |
| གཱ་ནཱ་ | gana | 5.08 |
| གན་ན་ | genna | 1.69 |
| ག་ན | gana | 1.69 |
| Ghana in the Hindi language | ||
| घना | ghana | 70.72 |
| घाना | ghana | 25.99 |
| घ़्ाना | ghaana | 0.66 |
| घणा | ghana | 0.33 |
| ज्ञाना | jnana | 0.16 |
| Ghana in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻗﻨﻪ | qnh | 20 |
| ﻗﻦ | qn | 20 |
| ﻗﺎﻧﻪ | qanh | 20 |
| ﻏﺎﻧﻪ | ghanh | 20 |
| ﺍﻛﻦ | akn | 20 |
| Ghana in the Arabic language | ||
| الغاني | alghany | - |
| غانّا | ghana | - |
| غانا | ghana | - |
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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 Ghana
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