Ganayi Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Ganayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 15 | 1:1,279,468 | 26,841 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Ganayi (32) may also be a first name.
Ganayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ganayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ganayi is more frequently found in Niger than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Ganayi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ganayi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,957,383rd most commonly used surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Ganayi live; 72 percent live in West Africa and 60 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,840,253rd most frequently used given name worldwide. It is borne by 32 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Niger, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 1,279,468. In Niger it is mostly concentrated in: Agadez Region, where 53 percent live, Diffa Region, where 40 percent live and Maradi Region, where 7 percent live. Excluding Niger this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 12 percent live and South Africa, where 12 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 Ganayi
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