Chigbe Surname
Approximately 109 people bear this surname
Chigbe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 102 | 1:1,736,694 | 63,540 |
| Liberia | 7 | 1:629,791 | 27,063 |
Chigbe (15) may also be a first name.
Chigbe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chigbe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chigbe is most common in Nigeria. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chigbe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chigbe is the 1,755,741st most frequently held last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 66,858,219 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chigbe live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most widely held forename throughout the world. It is borne by 15 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 102 people, or 1 in 1,736,694. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Cross River, where 68 percent reside, Rivers, where 11 percent reside and Federal Capital Territory, where 5 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Liberia, where 6 percent reside.
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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 Chigbe
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