Gainah Surname
Approximately 31 people bear this surname
Gainah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Liberia | 8 | 1:551,067 | 25,208 |
| Guyana | 4 | 1:190,555 | 9,777 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
Gainah (38) may also be a first name.
Gainah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gainah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gainah occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gainah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,543,123rd most frequent family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 74 percent of Gainah reside; 74 percent reside in West Africa and 48 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gainah is also the 1,662,754th most common first name globally, held by 38 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 11,809,517. In Nigeria Gainah is most common in: Sokoto, where 93 percent are found and Delta, where 7 percent are found. Not including Nigeria it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 26 percent are found and Guyana, where 13 percent are found.
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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 Gainah
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