Gainsi Surname
Approximately 104 people bear this surname
Gainsi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 103 | 1:100,346 | 11,409 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gainsi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gainsi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gainsi is held by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Gainsi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gainsi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gainsi is the 1,806,862nd most commonly held last name globally, borne by around 1 in 70,072,557 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Gainsi are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most commonly held in Benin, where it is carried by 103 people, or 1 in 100,346. In Benin Gainsi is mostly found in: Zou Department, where 49 percent reside, Littoral Department, where 36 percent reside and Ouémé Department, where 6 percent reside. Not including Benin it is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 1 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 Gainsi
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