Ghanesan Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Ghanesan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ghanesan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia71:4,213,461150,293
India31:255,688,4611,306,352

Ghanesan (20) may also be a first name.

Ghanesan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ghanesan is found in Malaysia more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ghanesan? popularity and diffusion

Ghanesan is the 6,063,924th most frequently used last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Ghanesan are found; 70 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 70 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 2,446,817th most frequently used given name internationally, held by 20 people.

This surname is most numerous in Malaysia, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 4,213,461. In Malaysia it is mostly concentrated in: Selangor, where 71 percent are found and Johor, where 29 percent are found. Barring Malaysia this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in India, where 30 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
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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 Ghanesan
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