Gankis Surname
Approximately 37 people bear this surname
Gankis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 35 | 1:5,061,222 | 131,727 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gankis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gankis Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gankis occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Gankis click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gankis? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,228,735th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 196,960,700 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Gankis live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Gankis is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 35 people, or 1 in 5,061,222. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Plateau, where 100 percent reside. Not including Nigeria Gankis is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 3 percent reside and The United States, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gangkis | 92 | 1 | / |
| Gankiss | 92 | 0 | / |
| Ankis | 91 | 132 | / |
| Gangkios | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ngainkis | 86 | 1 | / |
| Gasinkis | 86 | 1 | / |
| Hankis | 83 | 96 | / |
| Angkis | 83 | 66 | / |
| Gancis | 83 | 47 | / |
| Gankiz | 83 | 4 | / |
| Ankies | 83 | 4 | / |
| Ankish | 83 | 4 | / |
| Ankise | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ghancis | 77 | 277 | / |
| Hankish | 77 | 62 | / |
| Hankisz | 77 | 43 | / |
| Hankiss | 77 | 22 | / |
| Hankies | 77 | 5 | / |
| Ankoist | 77 | 5 | / |
| Hainkis | 77 | 2 | / |
| Angkisz | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ganquis | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ancis | 73 | 804 | / |
| Ankes | 73 | 77 | / |
| Ankiz | 73 | 3 | / |
| Ankoisse | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hankes | 67 | 927 | / |
| Ankesh | 67 | 126 | / |
| Ankese | 67 | 97 | / |
| Anchis | 67 | 56 | / |
| Anquis | 67 | 46 | / |
| Gances | 67 | 16 | / |
| Honkis | 67 | 13 | / |
| Hancis | 67 | 10 | / |
| Ongkis | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ancois | 67 | 2 | / |
| Anceis | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ankees | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ankyse | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hankiz | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Gankis
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis