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
Gaignet occurs in France more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaignet? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gaignet is the 1,359,010th most common family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 44,708,871 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Gaignet live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
The last name 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. Not including France this surname exists 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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