Gninkin Surname

1,967,751st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 90 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Gninkin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gninkin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin891:116,13012,862
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679

Gninkin Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gninkin is more commonly found in Benin than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Gninkin.

How Common Is The Last Name Gninkin? popularity and diffusion

The last name Gninkin is the 1,967,751st most commonly held family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 80,972,732 people. The surname Gninkin is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gninkin are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most common in Benin, where it is held by 89 people, or 1 in 116,130. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Zou Department, where 74 percent are found, Borgou Department, where 17 percent are found and Ouémé Department, where 6 percent are found. Other than Benin this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ninkin9217/
Ninking8636/
Ningkin8619/
Ninkina8618/
Nihnkin863/
Nenkin7782/
Nynkin7721/
Ningkn771/
Nenkina7132/
Nynkina717/
Nimkind714/
Ningken712/
Nimking711/
Nienken710/
Ninchin710/
Ningqing672/
Nyonkina671/
Nenkinova634/
Nynkyn623/
Nönken621/
Ninkem621/
Nincen620/
Nengkin5758/
Nynkyna575/
Nenkyna574/
Ninchen574/
Nenkaen571/
Ningchen534/
Nehemkin531/
Nemnkeng531/

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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 Gninkin
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