Gnihan Surname
Approximately 2 people bear this surname
Gnihan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Gnihan (505) may also be a first name.
Gnihan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gnihan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gnihan is borne by more people in Burkina Faso than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gnihan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 11,742,229th most frequently occurring last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gnihan reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 376,889th most commonly occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 505 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 18,352,100. In Burkina Faso it is most numerous in: Hauts-Bassins Region, where 100 percent reside. Other than Burkina Faso Gnihan exists in one country. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 50 percent reside.
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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 Gnihan
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