Gaignant Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Gaignant Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 16 | 1:4,151,420 | 237,746 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Gaignant Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gaignant Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gaignant is held by more people in France than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaignant? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,772,636th most prevalent surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. Gaignant occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Gaignant are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
The last name is most commonly occurring in France, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 4,151,420. In France Gaignant is mostly concentrated in: Normandy, where 56 percent live, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 13 percent live and Île-de-France, where 13 percent live. Besides France it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 6 percent live.
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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 Gaignant
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