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 is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gainah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,543,123rd most commonly used last name globally, borne by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 74 percent of Gainah are found; 74 percent are found in West Africa and 48 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gainah is also the 1,662,754th most widespread first name worldwide, held by 38 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 11,809,517. In Nigeria it is most common in: Sokoto, where 93 percent live and Delta, where 7 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 26 percent live and Guyana, where 13 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 Gainah
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