Gihana Surname
Approximately 3,787 people bear this surname
Gihana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rwanda | 3,721 | 1:3,054 | 749 |
| Papua New Guinea | 24 | 1:339,738 | 45,241 |
| Uganda | 12 | 1:3,253,273 | 85,117 |
| Canada | 10 | 1:3,684,559 | 191,443 |
| Belgium | 9 | 1:1,277,405 | 87,318 |
| Burundi | 4 | 1:2,451,213 | 1,279 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Gihana (28) may also be a first name.
Gihana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gihana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gihana is carried by more people in Rwanda than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Gihana.
How Common Is The Last Name Gihana? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 120,996th most commonly held surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 1,924,359 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gihana reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Gihana is also the 1,994,417th most widely held first name globally It is held by 28 people.
The last name is most widely held in Rwanda, where it is held by 3,721 people, or 1 in 3,054. Beside Rwanda Gihana exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent are found and Uganda, where 0 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 Gihana
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