Ganiyi Surname
Approximately 164 people bear this surname
Ganiyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 159 | 1:1,114,105 | 45,936 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Ganiyi (150) may also be a first name.
Ganiyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ganiyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ganiyi is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ganiyi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,353,468th most widespread surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 44,436,256 people. The surname Ganiyi occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ganiyi live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 752,187th most commonly occurring first name in the world It is held by 150 people.
The surname Ganiyi is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 159 people, or 1 in 1,114,105. In Nigeria Ganiyi is primarily concentrated in: Oyo, where 49 percent live, Lagos, where 19 percent live and Ogun, where 10 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Ethiopia, where 2 percent live and Benin, where 1 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
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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 Ganiyi
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