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 found most frequently in Rwanda. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Gihana click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gihana? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gihana is the 120,996th most frequently occurring family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,924,359 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gihana are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Gihana is also the 1,994,417th most commonly occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 28 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Rwanda, where it is borne by 3,721 people, or 1 in 3,054. Excluding Rwanda this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent reside and Uganda, where 0 percent reside.
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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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