Gaigui Surname
Approximately 274 people bear this surname
Gaigui Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 268 | 1:77,497 | 9,544 |
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
The alternate forms: Gaïgui (1) are calculated separately.
Gaigui (86) may also be a first name.
Gaigui Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gaigui Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gaigui is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Gaïgui. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaigui? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gaigui is the 953,750th most numerous family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 26,596,883 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gaigui live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 76 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,032,266th most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 86 people.
This surname is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 268 people, or 1 in 77,497. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Far North Region, where 77 percent live and North Region, where 23 percent live. Besides Cameroon this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 2 percent live and The Dominican Republic, where 0 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
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- 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 Gaigui
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