Gaigbe Surname
Approximately 51 people bear this surname
Gaigbe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 31 | 1:333,407 | 26,304 |
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
The alternate forms: Gaïgbe (22) & Gaîgbe (2) are calculated separately.
Gaigbe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gaigbe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gaigbe is found in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Gaïgbe or Gaîgbe. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaigbe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,718,172nd most frequently used surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 142,893,057 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Gaigbe reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in Benin, where it is borne by 31 people, or 1 in 333,407. In Benin it is most numerous in: Zou Department, where 35 percent are found, Mono Department, where 29 percent are found and Atlantique Department, where 16 percent are found. Without taking into account Benin this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 35 percent are found and The United States, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Gaigbe
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