Gniza Surname
Approximately 215 people bear this surname
Gniza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | 123 | 1:309,014 | 36,525 |
| Germany | 64 | 1:1,257,898 | 80,532 |
| Belarus | 14 | 1:678,647 | 56,781 |
| Ivory Coast | 12 | 1:1,922,603 | 35,802 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Gniża (5) are calculated separately.
Gniza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gniza Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gniza (Russian: Гниза) occurs in Poland more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant: Gniża. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gniza? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gniza is the 1,125,333rd most prevalent last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 33,895,562 people. The surname Gniza is primarily found in Europe, where 94 percent of Gniza are found; 64 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 57 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.
This surname is most prevalent in Poland, where it is carried by 123 people, or 1 in 309,014. Apart from Poland Gniza exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 30 percent reside and Belarus, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gniza Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gniza in the Russian language | ||
| Гниза | gniza | - |
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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 Gniza
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