Niany Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Niany Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 33 | 1:441,798 | 2,028 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
Niany (66) may also be a first name.
Niany Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Niany Come From? nationality or country of origin
Niany occurs most in Senegal. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Niany? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,274,477th most commonly occurring surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. The last name Niany is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Niany live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 1,201,840th most numerous first name globally, borne by 66 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Senegal, where it is held by 33 people, or 1 in 441,798. In Senegal it is most common in: Tambacounda Region, where 64 percent live, Dakar Region, where 27 percent live and Louga Region, where 3 percent live. Excluding Senegal Niany exists in 2 countries. It is also found in France, where 6 percent live and Guinea, where 3 percent live.
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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 Niany
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