Ayigbo Surname
Approximately 268 people bear this surname
Ayigbo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 262 | 1:676,117 | 31,456 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
Ayigbo (25) may also be a first name.
Ayigbo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ayigbo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ayigbo is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ayigbo? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 968,490th most frequently held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 27,192,336 people. The surname Ayigbo is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ayigbo reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most prevalent first name worldwide, borne by 25 people.
The last name Ayigbo is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 262 people, or 1 in 676,117. In Nigeria Ayigbo is most numerous in: Enugu, where 28 percent live, Benue, where 23 percent live and Kogi, where 11 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Benin, where 2 percent live.
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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 Ayigbo
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