Galiyou Surname
Approximately 135 people bear this surname
Galiyou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 134 | 1:143,224 | 5,313 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Galiyou (167) may also be a first name.
Galiyou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Galiyou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Galiyou is more frequently found in Niger than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Galiyou.
How Common Is The Last Name Galiyou? popularity and diffusion
Galiyou is the 1,537,949th most commonly used last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 53,981,822 people. The surname Galiyou occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Galiyou reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 708,111th most common first name throughout the world, borne by 167 people.
The surname Galiyou is most prevalent in Niger, where it is borne by 134 people, or 1 in 143,224. In Niger Galiyou is most common in: Tahoua Region, where 80 percent reside, Tillabéri Region, where 15 percent reside and Maradi Region, where 3 percent reside. Beside Niger this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Burkina Faso, 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 Galiyou
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