Gyan Surname
Approximately 33,128 people bear this surname
Gyan Surname User-submission:
This surname is most common among the Fante tribe of Ghana. In the local language, it means 'worthless' or 'not important'.
Some locals associate it with a person who can mobilize crowds for an exercise. For example, a leader of an army.
Read More About This SurnameGyan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 29,371 | 1:920 | 145 |
| India | 2,369 | 1:323,793 | 17,944 |
| Israel | 320 | 1:26,743 | 3,901 |
| United States | 197 | 1:1,839,893 | 120,150 |
| Nigeria | 171 | 1:1,035,923 | 43,476 |
| England | 136 | 1:409,692 | 28,019 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 132 | 1:10,333 | 1,422 |
| Pakistan | 62 | 1:2,881,353 | 23,780 |
| Spain | 38 | 1:1,230,317 | 41,658 |
| Canada | 37 | 1:995,827 | 74,831 |
| South Africa | 34 | 1:1,593,462 | 80,086 |
| France | 32 | 1:2,075,710 | 171,237 |
| Saint Lucia | 27 | 1:6,622 | 814 |
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| Russia | 18 | 1:8,006,836 | 292,169 |
| Germany | 16 | 1:5,031,591 | 189,895 |
| Armenia | 16 | 1:183,136 | 5,171 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| Liberia | 9 | 1:489,837 | 23,279 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 16 | 1:3,138,668 | 142,671 |
Gyan (189,103) may also be a first name.
Gyan Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
This surname is most common among the Fante tribe of Ghana. In the local language, it means 'worthless' or 'not important'.
Some locals associate it with a person who can mobilize crowds for an exercise. For example, a leader of an army.
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Gyan Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Gyan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gyan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gyan (Bengali: জ্ঞান, Hindi: ज्ञान, Marathi: ग्यान, Oriya: ଜ୍ଞାନ, Russian: Гян, Tibetan: དགེན་) is held by more people in Ghana than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Gyan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gyan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 16,764th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 219,981 people. The last name Gyan is predominantly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Gyan live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gyan is also the 5,548th most frequently used first name globally. It is borne by 189,103 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Ghana, where it is held by 29,371 people, or 1 in 920. Beside Ghana it exists in 58 countries. It is also found in India, where 7 percent are found and Israel, where 1 percent are found.
Gyan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Gyan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gyan last name increased 1,231 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 13,600 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Gyan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Gyan last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland and Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Gyan surname are 10.66% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 63.89% being registered with the political party.
The amount Gyan earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 80.82% more than the national average, earning R 429,708 per year; in United States they earn 9.32% less than the national average, earning $39,128 USD per year and in Canada they earn 27.66% less than the national average, earning $35,939 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gyan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gyan in the Hindi language | ||
| ज्ञान | jnana | 96.89 |
| ग्यान | gyana | 1.66 |
| जान | jana | 0.73 |
| जन | jana | 0.29 |
| ज्ञन | jnana | 0.04 |
| ़ज्ञान | jnana | 0.03 |
| ़़ज्ञान | jnana | 0.01 |
| ज्ान | jana | 0.01 |
| ज्ञानो | jnano | 0 |
| ़़़़ज्ञन | jnana | 0 |
| ज्ाान | jaana | 0 |
| ज्ञाण | jnana | 0 |
| ़़़़़़़़ज्ञान | jnana | 0 |
| ़़ग्यान | gyana | 0 |
| ग्याना | gyana | 0 |
| ज्ञान् | jnan | 0 |
| ़़़़ज्ञान | jnana | 0 |
| ज्ञाना | jnana | 0 |
| ्ज्ञान | jnana | 0 |
| ग्यन | gyana | 0 |
| ़़़ज्ञान | jnana | 0 |
| Gyan in the Marathi language | ||
| ग्यान | gyana | 80.2 |
| यान | yana | 17.82 |
| गण | gana | 0.2 |
| यन | yana | 0.2 |
| ग्यानू़ | gyanu | 0.2 |
| ग्यानी | gyani | 0.2 |
| Gyan in the Bengali language | ||
| জ্ঞান | jnana | 76.92 |
| গ্যান | gyana | 15.38 |
| গিয়ান | giyana | 7.69 |
| Gyan in the Oriya language | ||
| ଜ୍ଞାନ | jnana | 52.56 |
| ଗଯ୍ାନ | gayana | 21.79 |
| ଗଯ୍ାନର | gayanara | 14.74 |
| େଜନା | ejana | 3.21 |
| ାନ | ana | 2.56 |
| ଗାଣ | gana | 0.64 |
| ରାଣା | rana | 0.64 |
| Gyan in the Tibetan language | ||
| དགེན་ | gen | 35.19 |
| གེན་ | gen | 30.56 |
| གེ་ཡཱན་ | géyen | 12.04 |
| གོན་ | gön | 4.63 |
| གེ་ཡན་ | géyen | 3.7 |
| གན་ | gen | 3.7 |
| གེའེན་ | gé'en | 1.85 |
| མགོན་ | gön | 0.93 |
| གོ་ཡཱན་ | goyen | 0.93 |
| དགོན་ | gön | 0.93 |
| གེ་འེན | géen | 0.93 |
| རྒྱེན་ | gyen | 0.93 |
| དགེ་ཡན་ | géyen | 0.93 |
| གེ་ཡེན་ | géyen | 0.93 |
| རྒྱན་ | gyen | 0.93 |
| ༢གན་ | gen | 0.93 |
| Gyan in the Russian language | ||
| Гян | gan | - |
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