Anigana Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Anigana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Anigana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243

Anigana Last Name Facts

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

Anigana is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Anigana? popularity and diffusion

The last name Anigana is the 8,968,613th most common surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of Anigana live; 75 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria Anigana is most numerous in: Delta, where 50 percent are found and Lagos, where 50 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 25 percent are found and The Solomon Islands, where 25 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Anigani86184/
Anegana8682/
Anigena867/
Anigaani8034/
Aanigani807/
Aanigena805/
Gonigana804/
Annigani803/
Hanegana801/
Hanigane801/
Aanigaani754/
Ganighani751/
Anigoni7141/
Anegena711/
Gainigaini711/
Anegano710/
Annigoni67223/
Hanegano671/
Oniganes671/
Gonigani671/
Ganigoni671/
Gainigoni631/
Onigeno572/
Enegona571/
Enigheno53101/
Ganegane532/
Anegonga531/
Oniogoni531/
Annegoune503/

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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 Anigana
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