Ahigbe Surname
Approximately 300 people bear this surname
Ahigbe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 200 | 1:51,678 | 6,508 |
| Nigeria | 87 | 1:2,036,124 | 71,256 |
| Ivory Coast | 12 | 1:1,922,603 | 35,802 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
The alternate forms: Ahigbé (1) are calculated separately.
Ahigbe (623) may also be a first name.
Ahigbe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ahigbe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ahigbe occurs most in Benin. It can occur in the variant forms: Ahigbé. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ahigbe? popularity and diffusion
Ahigbe is the 893,754th most commonly held family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 24,291,820 people. Ahigbe is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Ahigbe are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 333,939th most frequently held first name world-wide, held by 623 people.
It is most frequently used in Benin, where it is borne by 200 people, or 1 in 51,678. In Benin it is primarily found in: Zou Department, where 83 percent reside, Kouffo Department, where 7 percent reside and Littoral Department, where 4 percent reside. Not including Benin this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 29 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ahigbé | 94 | 1 | / |
| Ahiogbe | 92 | 35 | / |
| Ahikgbe | 92 | 3 | / |
| Aïhingbe | 86 | 20 | / |
| Aihiegbe | 86 | 10 | / |
| Ehigbe | 83 | 17 | / |
| Ahegbe | 83 | 12 | / |
| Aeigbe | 83 | 8 | / |
| Ohigbe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ajiegbe | 77 | 149 | / |
| Houigbe | 77 | 83 | / |
| Aiyegbe | 77 | 74 | / |
| Ohiegbe | 77 | 38 | / |
| Aijegbe | 77 | 12 | / |
| Ayiegbe | 77 | 6 | / |
| Ajgigbe | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ahiegba | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ehighbe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hohigbe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ahegbeu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ohingbe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ohaigbe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Aegbe | 73 | 15 | / |
| Houingbe | 71 | 16 | / |
| Houaigbe | 71 | 6 | / |
| Houiegbe | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ohiogbhe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ajjeigbe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ohegbe | 67 | 40 | / |
| Ahegba | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ouigbe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Aegbie | 67 | 3 | / |
| Eeigbe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Aegber | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Ahigbe
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