Gniou Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Burkina Faso
Highest density in:
Burkina Faso

Gniou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gniou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Burkina Faso221:834,1869,118
Benin111:939,60046,216
Senegal111:1,325,3953,666
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Togo11:7,247,76812,049

Gniou Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gniou occurs most in Burkina Faso. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gniou? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,843,861st most frequently used surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. The surname Gniou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Gniou are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 57 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most frequently used in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 834,186. In Burkina Faso Gniou is most frequent in: Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 64 percent live and Hauts-Bassins Region, where 36 percent live. Aside from Burkina Faso this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 23 percent live and Senegal, where 23 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gnihou9111/
Goniou919/
Gniu891/
Gnius806/
Gnieu802/
Gneou801/
Gnehou735/
Gnaiyu735/
Ghniua734/
Gneyou731/
Gniheu731/
Ngneyou674/
Gennius674/
Gnju672/
Gnyu671/
Geenius671/
Ggnu671/
Ginnius670/
Gnjhu608/
Hggnu601/
Gnäuß601/
Ngnyu601/
Gengnu551/
Gneyui551/
Gnajhu551/
Wangnyu505/
Ngnehui502/
Ngneyui501/

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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 Gniou
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