Bigiu Surname
Approximately 544 people bear this surname
Bigiu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 527 | 1:38,098 | 4,859 |
| Thailand | 12 | 1:5,886,529 | 390,733 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
The alternate forms: Bîgiu (357) are calculated separately.
Bigiu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bigiu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bigiu occurs most in Romania. It may occur in the variant forms: Bîgiu. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bigiu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 577,768th most frequently used surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 13,396,224 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Bigiu are found; 97 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 97 percent are found in Romanian Europe.
Bigiu is most frequently held in Romania, where it is held by 527 people, or 1 in 38,098. In Romania Bigiu is primarily concentrated in: Bistrița-Năsăud County, where 40 percent live, Brașov County, where 23 percent live and Olt County, where 15 percent live. Apart from Romania this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 2 percent live and Sweden, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bîgiu | 93 | 357 | / |
| Bigiou | 91 | 1 | / |
| Biiu | 89 | 1 | / |
| Bizgu | 80 | 376 | / |
| Begiu | 80 | 63 | / |
| Biziu | 80 | 28 | / |
| Bihiu | 80 | 6 | / |
| Biiou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bijiu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bițiu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bițoiu | 73 | 33 | / |
| Bedgiu | 73 | 8 | / |
| Biihou | 73 | 7 | / |
| Bijiou | 73 | 2 | / |
| Bijeiu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Begiuh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bihieu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bihoiu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bidziu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bizgou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wigius | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bisgau | 73 | 0 | / |
| Biju | 67 | 12,933 | / |
| Bizu | 67 | 10,763 | / |
| Bieu | 67 | 4,223 | / |
| Bisu | 67 | 2,312 | / |
| Bicu | 67 | 1,611 | / |
| Biyu | 67 | 326 | / |
| Viiu | 67 | 118 | / |
| Bgeu | 67 | 10 | / |
| Băieșiu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bedgiou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bajgoiu | 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 Bigiu
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