Ganiju Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Ganiju Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 55 | 1:3,220,777 | 97,902 |
| North Macedonia | 11 | 1:191,043 | 13,158 |
| Kosovo | 2 | 1:930,934 | 12,188 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Ganiju (40) may also be a first name.
Ganiju Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ganiju Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ganiju occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ganiju? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,273,756th most frequently held surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 79 percent of Ganiju are found; 79 percent are found in West Africa and 79 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,614,485th most widely held first name internationally It is held by 40 people.
The last name Ganiju is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 55 people, or 1 in 3,220,777. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Osun, where 45 percent live, Oyo, where 20 percent live and Ogun, where 13 percent live. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in North Macedonia, where 16 percent live and Kosovo, where 3 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 Ganiju
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