Ganyou Surname
Approximately 73 people bear this surname
Ganyou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 57 | 1:364,370 | 32,302 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Ganyou (3,571) may also be a first name.
Ganyou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ganyou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ganyou occurs most in Cameroon. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ganyou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ganyou is the 2,220,661st most frequently occurring last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 99,829,396 people. The surname Ganyou is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Ganyou live; 78 percent live in Central Africa and 78 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 118,498th most widely held given name on earth, borne by 3,571 people.
It is most common in Cameroon, where it is held by 57 people, or 1 in 364,370. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Centre Region, where 58 percent are found, West Region, where 25 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 18 percent are found. Barring Cameroon it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 7 percent are found and Niger, where 7 percent are found.
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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 Ganyou
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