Chigueur Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Morocco

Chigueur Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chigueur Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Morocco91:3,830,67854,497
Algeria51:7,726,31057,379
Chad11:13,592,19913,092

Chigueur Last Name Facts

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

Chigueur is more commonly found in Morocco than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chigueur? popularity and diffusion

Chigueur is the 5,057,639th most frequently occurring family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chigueur are found; 93 percent are found in North Africa and 93 percent are found in Mahgreb.

The last name Chigueur is most prevalent in Morocco, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 3,830,678. Aside from Morocco this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 33 percent are found and Chad, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chegueur881/
Chigur86109/
Cheigueir821/
Chigure80452/
Schigur8058/
Zigueur801/
Cheigur801/
Chingur801/
Cigur775/
Chigaure757/
Chiquier755/
Schiegur753/
Chaigurd752/
Zaigueur751/
Chiggour751/
Higure717,366/
Chegur71117/
Chigor7128/
Chigurova7117/
Haigur7115/
Chigowere7112/
Shigur719/
Cigure715/
Hingur714/
Zegueur67255/
Shingur6771/
Chegure6734/
Shigure6734/
Ciquier6729/
Chikwuyere675/
Chegour675/
Segueur672/
Higuair671/
Seigeur671/
Higower671/
Chaygur671/
Schigurova671/
Ziguear670/
Highaur670/

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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 Chigueur
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