Ganiu Surname
Approximately 22,463 people bear this surname
Ganiu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 21,484 | 1:8,245 | 933 |
| Ghana | 623 | 1:43,372 | 4,874 |
| Kosovo | 116 | 1:16,051 | 2,072 |
| North Macedonia | 104 | 1:20,206 | 2,738 |
| Slovenia | 47 | 1:52,929 | 8,569 |
| Malaysia | 18 | 1:1,638,568 | 67,452 |
| India | 15 | 1:51,137,692 | 512,385 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Albania | 5 | 1:582,811 | 19,572 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Ganiu (18,668) may also be a first name.
Ganiu Demographics
Ganiu Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Ganiu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ganiu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ganiu is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ganiu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 24,088th most widespread surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 324,424 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Ganiu reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 39,803rd most commonly occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 18,668 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 21,484 people, or 1 in 8,245. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Lagos, where 44 percent reside, Ogun, where 24 percent reside and Oyo, where 14 percent reside. Not including Nigeria Ganiu exists in 23 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 3 percent reside and Kosovo, where 1 percent reside.
Ganiu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Muslim (75%) in Nigeria.
Ganiu earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 6.79% less than the national average, earning $40,219 USD per year.
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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 Ganiu
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