Gana is used as a family name or surname in Nigeria. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Gana
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Nigeria
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Gana

How popular is Gana?

Gana is common in Nigeria.

Gana is ranked 8964 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Ganas grew by 24.11765 per cent to 422 since 2000 and ranked 49723 after elevating 6523 spots. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 54.98 65.88
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 17.3 14.71
Hispanic or Latino 12.09 11.76
Black 11.61 5.88
Gana is quite popular family name mostly used in Nigeria while Falkland Islands is ahead in terms of density. Around 60142 people have been found who wears Gana as their family name. Gana is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
34,406 Moldova10
1,334 Marshall Islands5
46,707 New Zealand5
10,542 China4
1,322 Niger4
671 Mali4
8,296 Sri Lanka3
35,789 Turkey3
16,136 Kenya3
7,294 Kuwait3
19,046 Ireland2
91,784 Netherlands2
65,594 Belgium2
5,671 Guatemala2
37,372 Georgia2
44,018 Poland2
5,817 Albania2
6,266 Luxembourg2
6,149 Ethiopia1
11,486 Estonia1
613 Central African Republic1
3,993 El Salvador1
880 Djibouti1
734 Chad1
37,779 Serbia1
7,314 Bolivia1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
6,033 Benin1
165,773 Belarus1
10,190 Bahrain1
38,063 Mauritania1
113 Falkland Islands1
25,746 Finland1
21,562 Portugal1
11,923 Slovenia1
7,895 South Korea1
5,589 Sudan1
2,724 New Caledonia1
8,371 Syria1
11,831 Tajikistan1
4,435 Togo1
2,309 Monaco1
3,952 Yemen1
8,859 Iraq1
20,172 Hungary1
47,891 Norway1
14,618 Guyana1
24,176 Qatar1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
6,376 Singapore47
45,070 Australia45
24,028 United Arab Emirates38
2,541 Senegal34
36,547 Switzerland27
43,298 Czech Republic27
14,963 Scotland26
42,407 Sweden22
94,051 Kazakhstan19
2,892 Iceland13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
13,010 Venezuela100
40,845 Canada78
16,172 Peru71
172,092 Russia56
84,218 Ukraine52
Countries with hundreds of Gana:
3,550 Cameroon991
566 Mongolia909
7,226 South Africa895
3,402 Ghana879
14,094 Indonesia863
2,944 Malaysia860
2,194 Tunisia859
13,962 France674
2,890 Greece565
9,594 Morocco537
56,364 United States459
10,396 Mexico445
13,009 Argentina418
6,653 Zimbabwe294
21,711 England237
4,729 Israel236
43,536 Germany235
9,402 Romania230
16,154 Spain200
15,678 Saudi Arabia192
52,914 Brazil191
42,475 Italy190
3,653 Burkina Faso138
8,562 Slovakia124
9,561 Colombia105
Countries with thousands of Gana:
1,049 Algeria5,623
2,125 Philippines5,478
707 Chile3,310
13,730 India3,308
2,912 Egypt2,758
461 Libya1,518
Countries with ten thousands of Gana:
1,000 Nigeria25,676
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Giacomo Gana was 40 years old when he migrated to San-Francisco on February 13, 1885. He lived in Italy where he worked as farmer and took Saint Laurent from Havre.

Comments

S
Shavon Ranieri
 Gana is a Basque origin of surname, weathered shape gaina height, summit, this name means the owner of a house situated on a hill.

Gana Namesakes

  • Baba Gana Kingibe, Nigerian Politician
  • Jerry Gana, Scholar
  • Athanasia Gana, Actress
  • Baba Gana Kingibe, Nigerian Politician
  • Federico Gana, Writer
  • Nisha Ganatra, Film director
  • Paresh Ganatra, Television actor
  • Chip Ganassi, Racing driver
  • Chip Ganassi, Racing driver
  • Silvestro Ganassi dal Fontego, Musician

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