Ghanem is used as a family name or surname in Saudi Arabia. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Ghanem
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Saudi Arabia
Meaning: Very common in North Africa, the name may be Arabic or Berber. Arabic (Ghanim) is a personal name designating one who succeeds, which served its purpose. Berber (aganim), it has a sense of reed and could be a nickname for a slender man. Varientes: Ganem, Ghanam, Ghanim. Derivatives: Ghanmi El Ghanmi, Ghanami El Ghanami, Ghanemi, Ben Ghanem (or Benghanem, the son of Ghanem) Boughanem (Ghanem's father or the man in the reed). Most of these names can also be worn by Sephardic Jews.

How popular is Ghanem?

Ghanem is common in Saudi Arabia.

Ghanem is ranked 2588 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Ghanems grew by 49.33921 per cent to 1017 since 2000 and ranked 24572 after elevating 7414 spots. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 84.86 74.74
Others 7.77 17.18
Hispanic or Latino 4.33 4.85
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.57 2.35
Ghanem is quite popular family name mostly used in Egypt while Lebanon is ahead in terms of density. Around 211431 people have been found who wears Ghanem as their family name. Ghanem is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
4,742 China9
38,459 New Zealand7
5,340 Iceland6
25,074 Greece3
325 Djibouti3
941 Liberia3
1,219,338 India3
1,851 Togo3
5,442 Turkmenistan2
18,718 Thailand2
568 The Gambia2
11,224 Cameroon2
6,103 Cyprus2
14,521 Portugal2
28,083 Romania2
24,766 Scotland2
698 Antigua and Barbuda2
3,437 Sudan2
12,844 Pakistan2
165,773 Belarus1
29,046 Japan1
16,640 Hong Kong1
13,606 Senegal1
6,820 Angola1
7,191 Afghanistan1
123,175 Tanzania1
9,116 Nicaragua1
2,040 Mali1
472 Tonga1
13,447 Uganda1
24,421 Slovakia1
7,292 Vietnam1
18,969 Wales1
66,560 Philippines1
56,169 Mexico1
810,193 Indonesia1
7,198 Maldives1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
7,570 Ireland38
119,358 Ukraine32
11,685 Singapore24
28,338 Norway20
69,202 Netherlands18
377,825 Russia17
62,664 Czech Republic14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
22,440 Belgium74
12,704 Sweden73
3,598 Mauritius73
56,973 South Africa73
4,226 Mauritania68
9,137 Denmark64
Countries with hundreds of Ghanem:
4,052 Ghana719
11,515 Iran716
14,537 Germany706
293 Qatar632
28,225 Brazil429
2,720 Israel424
9,456 Canada423
15,367 England371
5,205 Venezuela326
11,837 Australia234
2,286 Oman217
10,151 Malaysia177
17,980 Spain173
925 Bahrain171
46,207 Italy168
8,235 Switzerland144
44,861 Argentina105
12,545 Austria105
Countries with thousands of Ghanem:
627 Iraq6,457
106 Jordan6,412
855 Tunisia2,444
2,054 Morocco2,416
382 United Arab Emirates2,370
3,886 France2,057
363 Libya1,856
208 Kuwait1,358
27,393 United States1,108
Countries with ten thousands of Ghanem:
177 Egypt76,711
57 Yemen35,075
54 Syria27,631
312 Algeria13,924
33 Lebanon13,740
284 Saudi Arabia10,966
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Ghanem Namesakes

  • Emy Samir Ghanem, Actress
  • Donia Samir Ghanem, Actress
  • Donia Samir Ghanem, Actress
  • Donia Samir Ghanem, Actress
  • Samir Ghanem, Comedian
  • Ola Ghanem, Actress
  • Donia Samir Ghanem, Actress
  • Fathy Ghanem, Writer
  • Shukri Ghanem, Politician
  • Antoine Ghanem, Politician
  • In 2012 comedy flick, Ghesh Al Zawgeyya, Amy Samir Ghanem played Salma.

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