Gainu Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Gainu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| India | 15 | 1:51,137,692 | 512,385 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Gainu (1,172) may also be a first name.
Gainu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gainu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gainu (Hindi: गैणू, Marathi: गैनु, Oriya: ଗଇନୁ) is most common in Nigeria. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gainu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,776,799th most widely held surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 148,725,427 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 43 percent of Gainu live; 43 percent live in West Africa and 43 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gainu is also the 231,982nd most frequently occurring forename internationally It is held by 1,172 people.
The surname Gainu is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 8,435,369. In Nigeria Gainu is most frequent in: Lagos, where 76 percent reside, Oyo, where 14 percent reside and Adamawa, where 5 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in India, where 31 percent reside and Indonesia, where 12 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gainu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gainu in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗଇନୁ | ga'inu | 90 |
| ଗଏନୁ | ga'enu | 3.33 |
| ଗଇନୁତାି | ga'inutai | 3.33 |
| ଗାଇନୁ | ga'inu | 3.33 |
| Gainu in the Hindi language | ||
| गैणू | gainu | 66.67 |
| गैनू | gainu | 15.79 |
| गैणु | gainu | 12.28 |
| गेैणू | geainu | 1.75 |
| गइनू | ga'inu | 1.75 |
| गैनु | gainu | 1.75 |
| Gainu in the Marathi language | ||
| गैनु | gainu | 52.94 |
| गैनू | gainu | 23.53 |
| गैणू | gainu | 11.76 |
| गैणु | gainu | 5.88 |
| ग़ैनु | gainu | 5.88 |
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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
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- 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 Gainu
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