Ganiyo Surname
Approximately 92 people bear this surname
Ganiyo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 33 | 1:5,367,962 | 136,856 |
| Indonesia | 32 | 1:4,132,787 | 209,071 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Ganiyo (206) may also be a first name.
Ganiyo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ganiyo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ganiyo (Hindi: गणीयो) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ganiyo? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,943,350th most frequent last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 79,212,456 people. The surname Ganiyo occurs mostly in Africa, where 51 percent of Ganiyo reside; 37 percent reside in West Africa and 37 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 630,600th most frequent given name world-wide It is held by 206 people.
Ganiyo is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 33 people, or 1 in 5,367,962. In Nigeria Ganiyo is most common in: Ogun, where 27 percent live, Lagos, where 21 percent live and Ondo, where 18 percent live. Besides Nigeria it exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 35 percent live and India, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ganiyo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ganiyo in the Hindi language | ||
| गणीयो | ganiyo | - |
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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 Ganiyo
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