Gandayi Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Gandayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Gandayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gandayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gandayi is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gandayi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gandayi is the 4,206,983rd most common surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Gandayi live; 50 percent live in Southern Africa and 50 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
Gandayi is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 1,929,780. In Zimbabwe Gandayi is mostly found in: Midlands Province, where 75 percent reside, Mashonaland Central Province, where 13 percent reside and Masvingo Province, where 13 percent reside. Apart from Zimbabwe this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 23 percent reside and Nigeria, where 23 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 Gandayi
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