Gaignet Surname
Approximately 163 people bear this surname
Gaignet Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 157 | 1:423,075 | 61,574 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Gaignet Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gaignet Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gaignet has its highest incidence in France. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaignet? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gaignet is the 1,359,010th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 44,708,871 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Gaignet are found; 97 percent are found in Western Europe and 96 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
The surname Gaignet is most commonly held in France, where it is held by 157 people, or 1 in 423,075. In France Gaignet is most prevalent in: Pays de la Loire, where 35 percent are found, Brittany, where 29 percent are found and Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 17 percent are found. Barring France this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent are found and Lebanon, where 1 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 Gaignet
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