Ghanson Surname
Approximately 844 people bear this surname
Ghanson Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 831 | 1:32,516 | 3,831 |
| Liberia | 13 | 1:339,118 | 18,650 |
Ghanson Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghanson Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ghanson is more frequently found in Ghana than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghanson? popularity and diffusion
It is the 412,986th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,634,533 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ghanson live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most prevalent in Ghana, where it is borne by 831 people, or 1 in 32,516. Outside of Ghana it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Liberia, where 2 percent reside.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Ghanson
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