Guinnin Surname

408,845th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 855 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Guinnin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Guinnin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin8291:12,4681,692
Ivory Coast211:1,098,63025,989
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Iran11:76,782,524277,718

Guinnin (849) may also be a first name.

Guinnin Last Name Facts

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

The surname Guinnin is carried by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Guinnin? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 408,845th most commonly used surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 8,523,446 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Guinnin live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 279,817th most frequently held first name in the world, held by 849 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Benin, where it is carried by 829 people, or 1 in 12,468. In Benin Guinnin is primarily concentrated in: Borgou Department, where 71 percent are found, Alibori Department, where 13 percent are found and Zou Department, where 7 percent are found. Excluding Benin this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 2 percent are found and Egypt, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Guinning934/
Ginnin9216/
Ginning8652/
Quinnin8646/
Guennin8643/
Ginnina865/
Guinnen864/
Ginnion861/
Cuinnin861/
Guynnin861/
Quinning801/
Guennink801/
Gennin77118/
Ginnen7727/
Gnin73240/
Genning71163/
Gynning7175/
Gönning7142/
Quinnen7135/
Guemnin7121/
Gennina712/
Günning712/
Cuennin711/
Gennink711/
Guimnen711/
Qunning711/
Gning6744,385/
Guemning6775/
Qunin6716/
Quenning671/
Cuinneen670/

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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 Guinnin
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