Ganta

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Ganesa (N); Stirya (N); Visnu (N)

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/ɡəntə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Ganta is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in India than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • INIndia1 in 106K(measured from records)
  • USUnited States1 in 1M
  • ZASouth Africa≈1 in 156K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

India (measured from records)

12,546 people

Sources
159 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 106K (inferred from the name graph)

India

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Ganesa (N); Stirya (N); Visnu (N)

Sources 1

  • Sunama Sarit (Hindi) Ten Thousand Sanskrit Names

Where in the world(measured from records)

Ganta counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Ganta is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IN India12,5461 in 106K13KGanta114
ZA South Africa≈360 est.≈1 in 156K—Ganta7
US United States3251 in 1M635Ganta159
PH Philippines≈150 est.≈1 in 752K—Ganta2
NG Nigeria≈100 est.≈1 in 2.1M—Ganta5
FI Finland301 in 186K30——
SG Singapore≈19 est.≈1 in 323K—Ganta4
SE Sweden151 in 680K15Ganta6

12,546 people counted by Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Ganta is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Gaṇṭa

  • English surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, India, Philippines, Australia

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Ganța

  • Bangla surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, India, Philippines, Peru

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Gãñtā

  • Amharic surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Ethiopia, India

    Also written ጋንታ, Ganţă

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, India, Philippines

    Also written Ganța

39 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Ganta is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Filipino, ganta (unit of grain measure of approximately three liters)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In French, third-person singular past historic of ganter

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In yog, ganta (twenty-five of which makes one kaban)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Latin, a goose of Germany

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Catalan, stork

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

How to address them(machine-generated)

Formalआदरणीय Ganta जी,Respected Ganta ji, (English)
Informalनमस्ते Ganta जी,Hi Ganta, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 19 sources across 9 countries.

Official registers attesting Ganta
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—28K#36
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls—13K#856
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020635#37,662
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010325#61,745
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000134#119,644
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—30#35,252
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—15#31,007
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Ganta mean, and where does it come from?
Ganesa (N); Stirya (N); Visnu (N) Recorded by Sunama Sarit (Hindi) Ten Thousand Sanskrit Names.
How do you pronounce Ganta?
A machine transcription gives /ɡəntə/ (IPA) for Hindi.
In which country does Ganta have the most bearers?
In India, the national register counted about 13 thousand people named Ganta, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ganta.
Where is Ganta most common?
Ganta is densest in India, where the national register counts about 1 in 106 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Ganta?
In India, the national register counted 12,546 people named Ganta, about 1 in 106 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ganta”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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