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 can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Niany? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,274,477th most commonly held family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. The last name 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 given name globally. It is borne by 66 people.
The last name Niany is most commonly held in Senegal, where it is held by 33 people, or 1 in 441,798. In Senegal Niany is most frequent in: Tambacounda Region, where 64 percent live, Dakar Region, where 27 percent live and Louga Region, where 3 percent live. Excluding Senegal it occurs 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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