Forgive Surname
Approximately 74 people bear this surname
Forgive Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 55 | 1:3,220,777 | 97,902 |
| Iran | 16 | 1:4,798,908 | 119,068 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Forgive (3,680) may also be a first name.
Forgive Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Forgive Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Forgive is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Forgive? popularity and diffusion
The last name Forgive is the 2,203,767th most commonly occurring family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 98,480,350 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 77 percent of Forgive live; 76 percent live in West Africa and 76 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Forgive is also the 116,307th most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 3,680 people.
The surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 55 people, or 1 in 3,220,777. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Delta, where 49 percent reside, Bayelsa, where 18 percent reside and Ondo, where 11 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 22 percent reside and Ghana, where 1 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 Forgive
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