Ganza

surname · Latin script

Meaning: A kind of wild goose, by a flock of which a virtuoso was fabled to be carried to the lunar world

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

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

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

rarermore common
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 84K(inferred from the name graph)
  • RWRwanda≈1 in 6.3K
  • BWBotswana≈1 in 35K

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.

Rwanda (inferred from the name graph)

≈2,000 people, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
70 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 6.3K (inferred from the name graph)

Rwanda, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

GanzaLatin(measured from records)
ГанжаCyrillic(measured from records)

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

A kind of wild goose, by a flock of which a virtuoso was fabled to be carried to the lunar world.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Ganza 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 Ganza is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
RW Rwanda#284≈2,000 est.≈1 in 6.3K1.7KGanza9
PH Philippines—≈1,300 est.≈1 in 84K—Ganza23
ID Indonesia—≈550 est.≈1 in 485K—Ganza13
TZ Tanzania—≈130 est.≈1 in 456K—Ganza7
US United States—≈110 est.≈1 in 3.2M7Ganza70
AR Argentina—951 in 479K95Ganza27
BW Botswana#624≈67 est.≈1 in 35K—Ganza1
UY Uruguay—511 in 66K51Ganza6
HR Croatia—441 in 96K44Ganza18

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: NISR Rwanda Vital Statistics / CRVS — top-20 baby given names by sex; SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). 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)

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

  • Italian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, Italy

    Also written Ganzá

  • Estonian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Estonia

    Also written Ganža

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Ganža

  • Hindi surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines

    Also written Gáñža, Gañza

  • Arabic surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Saudi Arabia

    Also written Ğanza, Ganža

  • Russian surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Türkiye

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Ганза, Ganž̌a

24 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)

Ganza 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 Italian, feminine singular of ganzo

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

  • In Portuguese, ganja; joint

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

  • In heh, palm of hand

    as a wordBantu Lexical Reconstructions 3 (BLR3), Tervuren 2002/2003

  • In gsw, always

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

  • In suk, hand

    as a wordBantu Lexical Reconstructions 3 (BLR3), Tervuren 2002/2003

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)

FormalDear Ganza,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 23 sources across 15 countries.

Official registers attesting Ganza
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—95—
UY UruguayINE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public)—51—
HR CroatiaDZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form)202144#14,446
HR CroatiaDZS — Učestalost prezimena (Popis 2021)202142—

Reference works 4

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 Ganza mean, and where does it come from?
A kind of wild goose, by a flock of which a virtuoso was fabled to be carried to the lunar world. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Ganza?
A machine transcription gives /ɡænzə/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Ganza have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.0 thousand people named Ganza in Rwanda, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ganza.
How common is the name Ganza?
In Argentina, the national register counted 95 people named Ganza, about 1 in 479 thousand residents.
How common is Ganza compared with other names?
In Rwanda, Ganza is the 284th most common surname of 2,846 surnames recorded there.

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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, “Ganza” — the 284th most common surname in Rwanda. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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