Dan Giwa Surname
Approximately 123 people bear this surname
Dan Giwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 118 | 1:1,501,210 | 57,254 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
Dan Giwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dan Giwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dan Giwa has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Dan Giwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,628,521st most frequently held family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 59,248,341 people. The surname Dan Giwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Dan Giwa live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Dan Giwa is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 118 people, or 1 in 1,501,210. In Nigeria Dan Giwa is most common in: Sokoto, where 47 percent live, Zamfara, where 38 percent live and Kaduna, where 13 percent live. Aside from Nigeria Dan Giwa exists in one country. It also occurs in Niger, where 4 percent live.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Dan Giwa
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