Garikuwa Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Garikuwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Garikuwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Garikuwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Garikuwa occurs most in Nigeria. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of Garikuwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Garikuwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Garikuwa is the 5,057,639th most frequently used last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. Garikuwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Garikuwa live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 12,653,054. In Nigeria it is most common in: Kwara, where 43 percent live, Niger, where 43 percent live and Nasarawa, where 7 percent live. Beside Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 7 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
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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 Garikuwa
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