Aligba Surname
Approximately 1,325 people bear this surname
Aligba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,119 | 1:158,305 | 9,949 |
| DR Congo | 130 | 1:568,304 | 43,658 |
| Cameroon | 52 | 1:399,405 | 34,455 |
| Ivory Coast | 16 | 1:1,441,952 | 30,506 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Aligba (188) may also be a first name.
Aligba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Aligba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Aligba is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Aligba? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 289,292nd most commonly used last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,500,035 people. Aligba occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Aligba reside; 85 percent reside in West Africa and 85 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 663,277th most widely held forename globally, held by 188 people.
This last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,119 people, or 1 in 158,305. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Benue, where 74 percent reside, Delta, where 7 percent reside and Taraba, where 6 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 10 percent reside and Cameroon, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aliegba | 92 | 234 | / |
| Alaigba | 92 | 77 | / |
| Aluigba | 92 | 6 | / |
| Aliogba | 92 | 1 | / |
| Aligbay | 92 | 1 | / |
| Alligba | 92 | 1 | / |
| Aligbah | 92 | 1 | / |
| Aligbe | 83 | 1,659 | / |
| Aligbo | 83 | 778 | / |
| Alegba | 83 | 712 | / |
| Alugba | 83 | 86 | / |
| Aligwa | 83 | 78 | / |
| Aligbi | 83 | 45 | / |
| Alygba | 83 | 18 | / |
| Aligua | 83 | 13 | / |
| Eligba | 83 | 9 | / |
| Oligba | 83 | 2 | / |
| Aligway | 77 | 578 | / |
| Aliegbe | 77 | 201 | / |
| Aliguay | 77 | 123 | / |
| Alligbe | 77 | 74 | / |
| Aluegba | 77 | 56 | / |
| Haligua | 77 | 42 | / |
| Aligbeh | 77 | 35 | / |
| Alligbo | 77 | 29 | / |
| Aliegbo | 77 | 16 | / |
| Alaigbo | 77 | 8 | / |
| Haligva | 77 | 6 | / |
| Aleygba | 77 | 5 | / |
| Alugbea | 77 | 5 | / |
| Alaigbe | 77 | 3 | / |
| Aliogbe | 77 | 2 | / |
| Alesgba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oliegba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Alyugba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Eliegba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Aliegwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Aliugbo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Allegba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Haligwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Galigbe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Galigua | 77 | 1 | / |
| Galiggwa | 71 | 8 | / |
| Agliegbe | 71 | 5 | / |
| Oligboha | 71 | 2 | / |
| Gaaligwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Alliguad | 71 | 0 | / |
| Alegbe | 67 | 3,344 | / |
| Elugba | 67 | 1,361 | / |
| Elegba | 67 | 1,176 | / |
| Oligbo | 67 | 709 | / |
| Oligbi | 67 | 302 | / |
| Aligwo | 67 | 281 | / |
| Oligbe | 67 | 91 | / |
| Eligbo | 67 | 59 | / |
| Alegbo | 67 | 43 | / |
| Olugba | 67 | 36 | / |
| Alikua | 67 | 32 | / |
| Alugbo | 67 | 31 | / |
| Alegua | 67 | 9 | / |
| Alegwa | 67 | 8 | / |
| Olegba | 67 | 6 | / |
| Aliguo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Alygbe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Alicua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Alegbi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Alikwa | 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 Aligba
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