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
Average Ganiu Salary in
United States
$40,219 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Ganiu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ganiu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ganiu is found most in Nigeria. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Ganiu.
How Common Is The Last Name Ganiu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 24,088th most commonly held surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 324,424 people. The last name Ganiu is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Ganiu live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 39,803rd most commonly occurring first name internationally, borne by 18,668 people.
It is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 21,484 people, or 1 in 8,245. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Lagos, where 44 percent are found, Ogun, where 24 percent are found and Oyo, where 14 percent are found. Beside Nigeria Ganiu exists in 23 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 3 percent are found and Kosovo, where 1 percent are found.
Ganiu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly 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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