Gariu Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Gariu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Gariu (9) may also be a first name.
Gariu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gariu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gariu is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Gariu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gariu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,723,624th most frequent last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Gariu is primarily found in Africa, where 63 percent of Gariu are found; 63 percent are found in West Africa and 63 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gariu is also the 3,941,740th most frequently occurring first name on earth It is held by 9 people.
The surname Gariu is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Lagos, where 80 percent are found and Zamfara, where 20 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 25 percent are found and India, where 13 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 Gariu
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