Giyah Surname
Approximately 131 people bear this surname
Giyah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 60 | 1:346,151 | 31,109 |
| Indonesia | 54 | 1:2,449,059 | 145,688 |
| Israel | 11 | 1:777,967 | 50,646 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
Giyah (4,051) may also be a first name.
Giyah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Giyah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Giyah is most common in Cameroon. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Giyah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Giyah is the 1,565,797th most prevalent surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 55,630,121 people. Giyah is mostly found in Asia, where 53 percent of Giyah are found; 45 percent are found in Central Africa and 45 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 109,531st most prevalent first name worldwide, borne by 4,051 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 60 people, or 1 in 346,151. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Northwest Region, where 75 percent live, West Region, where 20 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 2 percent live. Apart from Cameroon this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 41 percent live and Israel, where 8 percent live.
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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 Giyah
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