Ghanih Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Ghanih Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 39 | 1:4,580,612 | 30,982 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Ghanih Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghanih Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ghanih (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻗﺎﻧﻴﻪ) is held by more people in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghanih? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,979,664th most frequently used last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 169,477,812 people. Ghanih occurs predominantly in Asia, where 93 percent of Ghanih live; 91 percent live in South Asia and 91 percent live in Islamic South Asia.
The surname is most prevalent in Pakistan, where it is held by 39 people, or 1 in 4,580,612. In Pakistan Ghanih is most common in: Sindh, where 51 percent reside and Punjab, where 49 percent reside. Beside Pakistan it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 5 percent reside and Benin, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ghanih Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ghanih in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻗﺎﻧﻴﻪ | qanyh | 50 |
| ﻏﻨﻴﻪ | ghnyh | 50 |
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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 Ghanih
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