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 occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Dan Giwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,628,521st most frequent family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 59,248,341 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Dan Giwa live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Dan Giwa is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 118 people, or 1 in 1,501,210. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Sokoto, where 47 percent reside, Zamfara, where 38 percent reside and Kaduna, where 13 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Niger, where 4 percent reside.
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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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