Garniah Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Garniah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 39 | 1:113,039 | 8,770 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
Garniah (17) may also be a first name.
Garniah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Garniah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Garniah is borne by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of Garniah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Garniah? popularity and diffusion
Garniah is the 3,100,440th most common last name on earth, held by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. The last name Garniah occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Garniah reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most prevalent first name in the world, borne by 17 people.
The last name Garniah is most widespread in Liberia, where it is held by 39 people, or 1 in 113,039. In Liberia it is primarily concentrated in: Nimba County, where 72 percent live, Margibi County, where 23 percent live and Montserrado County, where 3 percent live. Barring Liberia this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in The Gambia, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garnia | 92 | 181 | / |
| Garnias | 86 | 6 | / |
| Gharnia | 86 | 5 | / |
| Garniea | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ngarnia | 86 | 1 | / |
| Gargnah | 86 | 1 | / |
| Garnajia | 80 | 10 | / |
| Ghorniah | 80 | 6 | / |
| Garnaiya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gharnnia | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gornia | 77 | 82 | / |
| Garnio | 77 | 55 | / |
| Gernia | 77 | 6 | / |
| Gargna | 77 | 2 | / |
| Garnía | 77 | 2 | / |
| Garnea | 77 | 2 | / |
| Garneau | 71 | 8,925 | / |
| Gournia | 71 | 22 | / |
| Garnieo | 71 | 7 | / |
| Gorneah | 71 | 6 | / |
| Gorniha | 71 | 3 | / |
| Garneoh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gornnia | 71 | 1 | / |
| Garnías | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gournias | 67 | 41 | / |
| Gourniat | 67 | 10 | / |
| Garnajea | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gohrniaz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gorginnia | 63 | 3 | / |
| Garneo | 62 | 791 | / |
| Gornea | 62 | 378 | / |
| Gornio | 62 | 15 | / |
| Gornya | 62 | 15 | / |
| Gargno | 62 | 3 | / |
| Gernio | 62 | 2 | / |
| Gorniot | 57 | 13 | / |
| Gârniță | 57 | 4 | / |
| Gournea | 57 | 3 | / |
| Gorgnio | 57 | 1 | / |
| Gourneau | 53 | 424 | / |
| Garnjost | 53 | 129 | / |
| Gârneață | 53 | 1 | / |
| Gornajea | 53 | 1 | / |
| Gourneoh | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Garniah
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