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) is found most in Nigeria. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ganiyo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,943,350th most widespread surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 79,212,456 people. The last name Ganiyo is predominantly found in Africa, where 51 percent of Ganiyo live; 37 percent live in West Africa and 37 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ganiyo is also the 630,600th most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 206 people.
Ganiyo is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 33 people, or 1 in 5,367,962. In Nigeria Ganiyo is most frequent in: Ogun, where 27 percent are found, Lagos, where 21 percent are found and Ondo, where 18 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 35 percent are found and India, where 13 percent are found.
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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