Cavigan Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Cavigan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cavigan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia101:2,699,570109,631
England101:5,571,806158,774
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:2,215,94364,354

Cavigan Last Name Facts

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

Cavigan is most common in Australia. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cavigan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,206,983rd most widespread last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. The surname Cavigan is mostly found in Europe, where 45 percent of Cavigan live; 45 percent live in Northern Europe and 45 percent live in British Isles.

The last name is most commonly held in Australia, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 2,699,570. In Australia it is most prevalent in: Victoria, where 100 percent reside. Besides Australia this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 45 percent reside and The Philippines, where 5 percent reside.

Cavigan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Cavigan has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name contracted 9 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cabigan86661/
Cawigan86596/
Kavigan8618/
Covigan862/
Cavigon861/
Savigan861/
Caibigan801,164/
Cajuigan80192/
Caybigan8011/
Caibegan808/
Cabigayn803/
Cahawigan7528/
Cawaingan7510/
Kavaingan753/
Cabaingan751/
Cabigon714,309/
Kawigan719/
Savigon714/
Cabegan714/
Cavegon713/
Sovigan711/
Cobigan711/
Cawigon711/
Zovigan711/
Zabigan711/
Kevigan710/
Kaibigan67532/
Kavigond675/
Covingon673/
Caveggon671/
Cabeagan671/
Kahawigan639/
Kabigating591/
Cabegon5716/
Javegam579/
Kawegan574/
Sovegan573/
Kabigon572/
Kovegan571/
Kabigam571/
Kawengan5344/
Cowengan537/
Djavigom531/
Giovegan531/
Kabaigam531/

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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 Cavigan
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