Bignel Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Bignel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 18 | 1:1,354,187 | 47,798 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Bignel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bignel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bignel is more commonly found in England than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bignel? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 8,193,072nd most frequent surname globally, borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 60 percent of Bignel live; 40 percent live in Northern Europe and 40 percent live in British Isles.
Bignel is most widely held in England, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 27,859,030. In England it is primarily concentrated in: Greater London, where 100 percent are found. Beside England this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 20 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 20 percent are found.
Bignel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Bignel has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Bignel last name fell 89 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it fell 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Bignel
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