Ginniver Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Wales

Ginniver Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ginniver Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England151:3,714,537119,675
Scotland71:764,83125,488
Wales51:618,90625,852
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England201:1,218,76844,985

Ginniver Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ginniver Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Ginniver is carried by more people in England than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Ginniver.

How Common Is The Last Name Ginniver? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,798,600th most commonly used family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Ginniver live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in British Isles.

The surname Ginniver is most widespread in England, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 3,714,537. In England Ginniver is mostly found in: South Yorkshire, where 93 percent are found and Nottinghamshire, where 7 percent are found. Barring England it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Scotland, where 26 percent are found and Wales, where 19 percent are found.

Ginniver Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Ginniver has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Ginniver last name declined 25 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Guinniver941/
Giniver931/
Ginnever88307/
Guinnyver821/
Ginever80131/
Geniver800/
Gnive771/
Chiniver751/
Genneive751/
Cinnever751/
Jenniver751/
Jinnives750/
Eniver7113/
Inever7112/
Sniver713/
Gniber711/
Scinnever710/
Ennever67286/
Genever67269/
Enivert67116/
Guinnebert6713/
Jeniver6711/
Heniver678/
Ainiber673/
Euniver672/
Inevere671/
Ginniwa671/
Genneve671/
Sneiver670/
Sniever670/

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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 Ginniver
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