Ganiy Surname
Approximately 457 people bear this surname
Ganiy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 308 | 1:575,139 | 27,820 |
| India | 127 | 1:6,039,885 | 141,381 |
| Indonesia | 18 | 1:7,347,177 | 303,310 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ganiy (1,891) may also be a first name.
Ganiy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ganiy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ganiy (Hindi: गनीया, Marathi: गनीय, Russian: Ганий) is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ganiy? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 658,434th most common surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 15,946,490 people. Ganiy occurs predominantly in Africa, where 67 percent of Ganiy reside; 67 percent reside in West Africa and 67 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ganiy is also the 174,822nd most widely held first name in the world. It is borne by 1,891 people.
The surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 308 people, or 1 in 575,139. In Nigeria Ganiy is primarily concentrated in: Oyo, where 40 percent reside, Lagos, where 21 percent reside and Kwara, where 19 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in India, where 28 percent reside and Indonesia, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ganiy Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ganiy in the Marathi language | ||
| गनीय | ganiya | - |
| Ganiy in the Hindi language | ||
| गनीया | ganiya | 86.84 |
| गानिया | ganiya | 10.53 |
| गणीया | ganiya | 2.63 |
| Ganiy in the Russian language | ||
| Ганий | ganij | - |
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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 Ganiy
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