Ganiyy Surname
Approximately 82 people bear this surname
Ganiyy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 67 | 1:2,643,922 | 85,652 |
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Ganiyy (91) may also be a first name.
Ganiyy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ganiyy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ganiyy is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Ganiyy click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ganiyy? popularity and diffusion
Ganiyy is the 2,075,631st most commonly occurring surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 88,872,511 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 82 percent of Ganiyy are found; 82 percent are found in West Africa and 82 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 998,282nd most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 91 people.
The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 67 people, or 1 in 2,643,922. In Nigeria Ganiyy is primarily found in: Oyo, where 63 percent live, Kwara, where 15 percent live and Lagos, where 12 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 17 percent live and Malaysia, 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
- 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 Ganiyy
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