Gniou Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Gniou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 22 | 1:834,186 | 9,118 |
| Benin | 11 | 1:939,600 | 46,216 |
| Senegal | 11 | 1:1,325,395 | 3,666 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Gniou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gniou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gniou occurs in Burkina Faso more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gniou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gniou is the 2,843,861st most numerous last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Gniou reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 57 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most prevalent in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 834,186. In Burkina Faso it is most numerous in: Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 64 percent live and Hauts-Bassins Region, where 36 percent live. Besides Burkina Faso this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 23 percent live and Senegal, where 23 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gnihou | 91 | 11 | / |
| Goniou | 91 | 9 | / |
| Gniu | 89 | 1 | / |
| Gnius | 80 | 6 | / |
| Gnieu | 80 | 2 | / |
| Gneou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gnehou | 73 | 5 | / |
| Gnaiyu | 73 | 5 | / |
| Ghniua | 73 | 4 | / |
| Gneyou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gniheu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngneyou | 67 | 4 | / |
| Gennius | 67 | 4 | / |
| Gnju | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gnyu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Geenius | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ggnu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ginnius | 67 | 0 | / |
| Gnjhu | 60 | 8 | / |
| Hggnu | 60 | 1 | / |
| Gnäuß | 60 | 1 | / |
| Ngnyu | 60 | 1 | / |
| Gengnu | 55 | 1 | / |
| Gneyui | 55 | 1 | / |
| Gnajhu | 55 | 1 | / |
| Wangnyu | 50 | 5 | / |
| Ngnehui | 50 | 2 | / |
| Ngneyui | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Gniou
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