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
The last name Gniza (Russian: Гниза) is found most frequently in Poland. It can be rendered as a variant: Gniża. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gniza? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gniza is the 1,125,333rd most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 33,895,562 people. Gniza occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Gniza reside; 64 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 57 percent reside in West Slavic Europe.
The surname is most widely held in Poland, where it is held by 123 people, or 1 in 309,014. Other than Poland it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 30 percent live and Belarus, where 7 percent live.
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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