Ahignan Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Ahignan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Ahignan Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin121:861,30044,192
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806

Ahignan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ahignan has its highest incidence in Benin. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ahignan? popularity and diffusion

Ahignan is the 5,213,395th most widely held surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ahignan are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most frequently held in Benin, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 861,300. In Benin it is most frequent in: Kouffo Department, where 92 percent live and Atlantique Department, where 8 percent live. Not including Benin this last name exists in one country. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ahuignan931/
Ahingnan931/
Ahuingnan881/
Ahignon86150/
Houignan801/
Ouignan7145/
Ohignon712/
Heugnan711/
Haegnan711/
Houignon678/
Auignone671/
Houingnon634/
Ouignon573/
Heugnon570/
Ouingnon5363/
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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 Ahignan
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