Ganiwa Surname
Approximately 74 people bear this surname
Ganiwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 63 | 1:245,051 | 26,542 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Ganiwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ganiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ganiwa is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ganiwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,203,767th most frequently held family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 98,480,350 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Ganiwa reside; 91 percent reside in Southern Africa and 91 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 63 people, or 1 in 245,051. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Manicaland Province, where 41 percent live, Harare Province, where 33 percent live and Mashonaland East Province, where 24 percent live. Beside Zimbabwe Ganiwa is found in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 8 percent live and Malawi, where 5 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 Ganiwa
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