Gnami Surname
Approximately 1,596 people bear this surname
Gnami Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 1,430 | 1:7,228 | 991 |
| Ivory Coast | 160 | 1:144,195 | 6,801 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Gnami (848) may also be a first name.
Gnami Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gnami Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gnami is more frequently found in Benin than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gnami? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gnami is the 248,859th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 4,566,132 people. Gnami occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Gnami are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gnami is also the 280,016th most frequent first name worldwide, held by 848 people.
The last name is most widespread in Benin, where it is carried by 1,430 people, or 1 in 7,228. In Benin Gnami is most frequent in: Borgou Department, where 51 percent reside, Donga Department, where 26 percent reside and Collines Department, where 14 percent reside. Apart from Benin this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 10 percent reside and Cameroon, 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 Gnami
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