Ganiyat Surname
Approximately 812 people bear this surname
Ganiyat Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 804 | 1:220,327 | 13,019 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Ganiyat (72,704) may also be a first name.
Ganiyat Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ganiyat Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ganiyat is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ganiyat? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ganiyat is the 425,776th most frequently occurring last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 8,974,810 people. The last name Ganiyat occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ganiyat reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 13,448th most numerous first name worldwide It is held by 72,704 people.
The surname Ganiyat is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 804 people, or 1 in 220,327. In Nigeria Ganiyat is mostly concentrated in: Lagos, where 21 percent are found, Oyo, where 20 percent are found and Ogun, where 19 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent are found and Scotland, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Ganiyat
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