Ghani Surname
Approximately 474,879 people bear this surname
Ghani Surname User-submission:
In Islam, God (Allah) has 99 names. El Ghani is one of them and it means 'the rich'. Abd in Arabic means 'human', 'individual', 'slave' or 'creation'. When precceded with Abd (Abd-Elghani), it means 'creation of the rich'.
Ghani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 189,713 | 1:942 | 146 |
| Afghanistan | 157,390 | 1:204 | 24 |
| Malaysia | 48,049 | 1:614 | 75 |
| Iraq | 14,991 | 1:2,336 | 284 |
| India | 14,927 | 1:51,388 | 3,530 |
| Iran | 9,527 | 1:8,059 | 1,111 |
| Bangladesh | 9,192 | 1:17,336 | 1,287 |
| Saudi Arabia | 5,684 | 1:5,429 | 749 |
| Algeria | 3,582 | 1:10,785 | 1,871 |
| Indonesia | 3,197 | 1:41,367 | 4,752 |
| Sudan | 2,800 | 1:13,396 | 1,853 |
| Egypt | 2,685 | 1:34,241 | 3,613 |
| Morocco | 1,908 | 1:18,069 | 2,767 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1,880 | 1:4,874 | 615 |
| England | 1,689 | 1:32,989 | 4,376 |
| United States | 1,576 | 1:229,987 | 22,165 |
| Brunei | 752 | 1:557 | 102 |
| Oman | 677 | 1:5,448 | 775 |
| Qatar | 646 | 1:3,650 | 369 |
| Canada | 442 | 1:83,361 | 9,272 |
| Kuwait | 376 | 1:10,108 | 1,395 |
| Nigeria | 372 | 1:476,190 | 23,978 |
| France | 317 | 1:209,535 | 32,567 |
| Sri Lanka | 292 | 1:71,262 | 7,441 |
| Bahrain | 250 | 1:5,394 | 963 |
| Cameroon | 226 | 1:91,899 | 11,008 |
| Singapore | 184 | 1:29,933 | 1,124 |
| Yemen | 155 | 1:170,486 | 8,000 |
| Spain | 132 | 1:354,182 | 20,197 |
| Australia | 107 | 1:252,296 | 23,217 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Scotland | 102 | 1:52,488 | 4,471 |
| Thailand | 83 | 1:851,064 | 135,450 |
| Guyana | 80 | 1:9,528 | 1,465 |
| Denmark | 62 | 1:91,044 | 8,699 |
| Brazil | 62 | 1:3,452,812 | 97,678 |
| Hong Kong | 56 | 1:130,991 | 2,371 |
| Maldives | 52 | 1:7,773 | 652 |
| Netherlands | 44 | 1:383,799 | 41,363 |
| Wales | 43 | 1:71,966 | 6,223 |
| Germany | 41 | 1:1,963,548 | 108,338 |
| Belgium | 38 | 1:302,543 | 35,124 |
| Lebanon | 34 | 1:165,797 | 7,705 |
| Sweden | 34 | 1:289,610 | 20,124 |
| Mauritius | 33 | 1:39,194 | 7,252 |
| South Africa | 32 | 1:1,693,053 | 82,821 |
| Norway | 23 | 1:223,578 | 24,793 |
| Switzerland | 23 | 1:357,083 | 27,273 |
| New Zealand | 22 | 1:205,833 | 20,770 |
| Mauritania | 22 | 1:186,130 | 9,575 |
| Philippines | 20 | 1:5,061,911 | 170,869 |
| Jordan | 16 | 1:552,652 | 13,471 |
| Ireland | 16 | 1:294,309 | 10,207 |
| Zimbabwe | 11 | 1:1,403,476 | 76,064 |
| China | 11 | 1:124,301,961 | 6,553 |
| Fiji | 9 | 1:99,377 | 1,883 |
| Tunisia | 6 | 1:101,771 | 14,710 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Syria | 5 | 1:3,860,204 | 11,832 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Palestine | 4 | 1:1,137,212 | 16,054 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| Niger | 4 | 1:4,798,004 | 75,547 |
| Suriname | 4 | 1:138,154 | 7,029 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 1:4,824,561 | 42,415 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 1:2,986,327 | 84,533 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Palau | 1 | 1:21,643 | 223 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
Ghani (44,366) may also be a first name.
Ghani Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
In Islam, God (Allah) has 99 names. El Ghani is one of them and it means 'the rich'. Abd in Arabic means 'human', 'individual', 'slave' or 'creation'. When precceded with Abd (Abd-Elghani), it means 'creation of the rich'.
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Ghani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghani Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ghani (Arabic: الغنـي, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﻧﻲ, Hindi: घनी, Marathi: घानी, Oriya: ଘନି, Tibetan: ག་ནི་) is held by more people in Pakistan than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghani? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ghani is the 1,124th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 15,346 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 96 percent of Ghani are found; 80 percent are found in South Asia and 79 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Ghani is also the 20,395th most frequently occurring first name in the world, borne by 44,366 people.
Ghani is most widely held in Pakistan, where it is carried by 189,713 people, or 1 in 942. In Pakistan it is most numerous in: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 29 percent are found, Punjab, where 25 percent are found and Sindh, where 25 percent are found. Beside Pakistan Ghani is found in 97 countries. It also occurs in Afghanistan, where 33 percent are found and Malaysia, where 10 percent are found.
Ghani Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Ghani surname is primarily Sunni (88%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Ghani last name are 1.23% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 54.46% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Ghani earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 19.84% less than the national average, earning 277,424 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 16.42% less than the national average, earning R 198,624 per year; in United States they earn 14.49% more than the national average, earning $49,400 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.48% more than the national average, earning $50,913 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ghani Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ghani in the Oriya language | ||
| ଘନି | ghani | 56.67 |
| ଘନୀ | ghani | 10 |
| ଘାନି | ghani | 8.33 |
| ଘଣି | ghani | 6.67 |
| ଗନି | gani | 5 |
| ଘଣୀ | ghani | 5 |
| ଘାନୀ | ghani | 3.33 |
| ଗାନି | gani | 1.67 |
| ଗନୀ | gani | 1.67 |
| ଘୁଣି | ghuni | 1.67 |
| Ghani in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﻧﻲ | kany | 50 |
| ﺃﻗﺎﻧﻰ | aqany | 16.67 |
| ﻏﻦ | ghn | 16.67 |
| ﻏﺎﻧﻲ | ghany | 16.67 |
| Ghani in the Tibetan language | ||
| ག་ནི་ | gani | 50 |
| གཱ་ནི་ | gani | 50 |
| Ghani in the Hindi language | ||
| घनी | ghani | 49.17 |
| घणी | ghani | 40.65 |
| घानी | ghani | 4.02 |
| गनी | gani | 3.33 |
| ग़नी | gani | 1.08 |
| घणि | ghani | 0.39 |
| घाणी | ghani | 0.29 |
| घ़्ानी | ghaani | 0.2 |
| घनि | ghani | 0.1 |
| ग़नी | gani | 0.1 |
| गनि | gani | 0.1 |
| धनी | dhani | 0.1 |
| गणी | gani | 0.1 |
| घांई | ghami | 0.1 |
| घङी | ghani | 0.1 |
| ज्ञानी | jnani | 0.1 |
| Ghani in the Marathi language | ||
| घानी | ghani | 39.39 |
| घनी | ghani | 32.32 |
| घाङी | ghani | 8.08 |
| गणी | gani | 7.07 |
| गनी | gani | 5.05 |
| अनीका | anika | 2.02 |
| घाञी | ghani | 2.02 |
| धनी | dhani | 1.01 |
| ग्यानी | gyani | 1.01 |
| घाणी | ghani | 1.01 |
| Ghani in the Arabic language | ||
| الغنـي | alghny | - |
| الغنى | alghny | - |
| الغني | alghny | - |
| غانى | ghany | - |
| غِنى | ghiny | - |
| غني | ghny | - |
| غاني | ghany | - |
| غُنى | ghuny | - |
| غنى | ghny | - |
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