Ganiou Surname
Approximately 1,738 people bear this surname
Ganiou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 1,665 | 1:6,208 | 844 |
| Niger | 41 | 1:468,098 | 12,501 |
| Burkina Faso | 10 | 1:1,835,210 | 14,348 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Ganiou (6,183) may also be a first name.
Ganiou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ganiou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ganiou is more commonly found in Benin than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ganiou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 232,309th most widespread last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 4,193,064 people. The last name Ganiou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ganiou reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 84,042nd most commonly used first name throughout the world, borne by 6,183 people.
The surname Ganiou is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is borne by 1,665 people, or 1 in 6,208. In Benin Ganiou is primarily found in: Plateau Department, where 32 percent live, Ouémé Department, where 26 percent live and Borgou Department, where 9 percent live. Other than Benin it occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 2 percent live and Burkina Faso, where 1 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
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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 Ganiou
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