Ghanian Surname

674,066th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 443 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Ghanian Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ghanian Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran3971:193,40715,758
United States291:12,498,584473,286
Israel81:1,069,70462,476
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
England21:27,859,030389,889
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Ghanian (22) may also be a first name.

Ghanian Last Name Facts

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

Ghanian (Arabic: قانيان, Oriya: ଘନିଆଁ) is carried by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ghanian? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 674,066th most common family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 16,450,442 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 92 percent of Ghanian are found; 90 percent are found in South Asia and 90 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 2,301,746th most frequently held first name internationally It is held by 22 people.

The last name is most widespread in Iran, where it is carried by 397 people, or 1 in 193,407. In Iran Ghanian is most common in: Tehran Province, where 35 percent are found, Semnan Province, where 24 percent are found and Yazd Province, where 12 percent are found. Other than Iran this surname exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 7 percent are found and Israel, where 2 percent are found.

Ghanian Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Ghanian last name are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 66.67% registered to vote for the party.

Ghanian earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 38.01% more than the national average, earning $59,548 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Ghanian Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ghanian in the Oriya language
ଘନିଆଁghani'am-
Ghanian in the Arabic language
قانيانqanyan-

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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 Ghanian
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