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 held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Giyah.
How Common Is The Last Name Giyah? popularity and diffusion
Giyah is the 1,565,797th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 55,630,121 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 53 percent of Giyah live; 45 percent live in Central Africa and 45 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Giyah is also the 109,531st most common first name in the world, borne by 4,051 people.
The surname Giyah is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is held by 60 people, or 1 in 346,151. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Northwest Region, where 75 percent live, West Region, where 20 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 2 percent live. Aside from Cameroon it exists in 5 countries. It is also common 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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