Ganiye Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Ganiye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 23 | 1:7,701,859 | 170,290 |
| Indonesia | 19 | 1:6,960,484 | 292,931 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
Ganiye (364) may also be a first name.
Ganiye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ganiye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ganiye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﻧﻴﻪ) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ganiye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,555,468th most frequently occurring surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 127,851,683 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 60 percent of Ganiye live; 53 percent live in West Africa and 40 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ganiye is also the 456,229th most numerous given name worldwide It is held by 364 people.
The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 7,701,859. In Nigeria Ganiye is most common in: Benue, where 26 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 22 percent live and Lagos, where 22 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 33 percent live and Niger, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ganiye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ganiye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﻧﻴﻪ | kanyh | 50 |
| ﻛﺎﻧﻴﻲ | kanyy | 50 |
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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 Ganiye
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