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 last name Giyah occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Giyah.
How Common Is The Last Name Giyah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,565,797th most frequently used family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 55,630,121 people. The surname Giyah is predominantly found in Asia, where 53 percent of Giyah live; 45 percent live in Central Africa and 45 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 109,531st most widely held first name in the world It is held by 4,051 people.
This surname is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 60 people, or 1 in 346,151. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Northwest Region, where 75 percent are found, West Region, where 20 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 2 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon Giyah exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 41 percent are found and Israel, where 8 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 Giyah
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