Ganiyou Surname
Approximately 113 people bear this surname
Ganiyou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 67 | 1:154,263 | 15,890 |
| Ivory Coast | 27 | 1:854,490 | 22,281 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Ganiyou (299) may also be a first name.
Ganiyou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ganiyou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ganiyou occurs more in Benin more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ganiyou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,718,748th most commonly used last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 64,491,557 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 79 percent of Ganiyou are found; 75 percent are found in West Africa and 72 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 509,704th most prevalent first name globally It is held by 299 people.
The surname is most widespread in Benin, where it is carried by 67 people, or 1 in 154,263. In Benin Ganiyou is most frequent in: Plateau Department, where 42 percent live, Ouémé Department, where 27 percent live and Littoral Department, where 15 percent live. Excluding Benin it is found in 10 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 24 percent live and Ethiopia, where 4 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Ganiyou
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