Ghany Surname
Approximately 8,931 people bear this surname
Ghany Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 4,820 | 1:19,074 | 2,210 |
| Sri Lanka | 804 | 1:25,881 | 3,346 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 787 | 1:1,733 | 292 |
| Saudi Arabia | 716 | 1:43,095 | 6,100 |
| Jordan | 394 | 1:22,443 | 3,179 |
| Indonesia | 347 | 1:381,122 | 32,528 |
| United States | 229 | 1:1,582,790 | 106,555 |
| Malaysia | 190 | 1:155,233 | 9,646 |
| Iraq | 141 | 1:248,381 | 5,326 |
| Pakistan | 87 | 1:2,053,378 | 19,549 |
| Lebanon | 70 | 1:80,530 | 5,381 |
| Canada | 51 | 1:722,463 | 57,796 |
| United Arab Emirates | 42 | 1:218,149 | 14,475 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Cameroon | 29 | 1:716,175 | 51,453 |
| England | 25 | 1:2,228,722 | 84,230 |
| India | 21 | 1:36,526,923 | 420,161 |
| South Africa | 20 | 1:2,708,885 | 106,094 |
| Syria | 19 | 1:1,015,843 | 6,722 |
| Tunisia | 16 | 1:38,164 | 5,464 |
| Venezuela | 14 | 1:2,157,434 | 25,468 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Iran | 8 | 1:9,597,816 | 173,045 |
| Mauritania | 7 | 1:584,980 | 20,004 |
| Guyana | 5 | 1:152,444 | 9,017 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Maldives | 3 | 1:134,724 | 4,057 |
| Palestine | 3 | 1:1,516,283 | 17,268 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
Ghany (35,355) may also be a first name.
Ghany Demographics
Ghany Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Ghany Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghany Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ghany (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻏﺎﻧﻲ, Hindi: घन्या) is found most in Egypt. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghany? popularity and diffusion
It is the 56,723rd most frequent family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 815,983 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 55 percent of Ghany reside; 54 percent reside in North Africa and 54 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. Ghany is also the 24,534th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, borne by 35,355 people.
The surname Ghany is most frequent in Egypt, where it is borne by 4,820 people, or 1 in 19,074. Aside from Egypt Ghany is found in 46 countries. It is also common in Sri Lanka, where 9 percent live and Trinidad and Tobago, where 9 percent live.
Ghany Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is principally Sunni (56%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Ghany surname are 22.45% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 75.68% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Ghany earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 74.36% more than the national average, earning R 414,336 per year; in United States they earn 3.06% less than the national average, earning $41,830 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.72% more than the national average, earning $57,992 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ghany Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ghany in the Hindi language | ||
| घन्या | ghan'ya | 77.78 |
| घन्य | ghan'ya | 11.11 |
| घान्या | ghan'ya | 11.11 |
| Ghany in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻏﺎﻧﻲ | ghany | 25 |
| ﻛﺎﻧﻲ | kany | 25 |
| ﻛﺎﻧﻴﻪ | kanyh | 12.5 |
| ﻗﺎﻧﻲ | qany | 12.5 |
| ﻏﻨﻲ | ghny | 12.5 |
| ﻏﺎﻧﻴﻪ | ghanyh | 12.5 |
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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 Ghany
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