Gandigbe Surname
Approximately 171 people bear this surname
Gandigbe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 168 | 1:61,521 | 7,570 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
The alternate forms: Gandigbé (1) are calculated separately.
Gandigbe (24) may also be a first name.
Gandigbe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gandigbe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gandigbe is found most in Benin. It may appear in the variant forms: Gandigbé. For other possible spellings of Gandigbe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gandigbe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,315,412th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 42,617,228 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gandigbe reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,187,323rd most frequently held first name at a global level. It is borne by 24 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Benin, where it is borne by 168 people, or 1 in 61,521. In Benin it is most numerous in: Collines Department, where 35 percent reside, Zou Department, where 26 percent reside and Littoral Department, where 19 percent reside. Outside of Benin this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Italy, where 1 percent reside and Niger, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gandigbé | 96 | 1 | / |
| Gandegbe | 88 | 4 | / |
| Gandeigue | 82 | 10 | / |
| Andegbe | 80 | 5 | / |
| Andigba | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gandigui | 75 | 8 | / |
| Gandegue | 75 | 5 | / |
| Handegbe | 75 | 4 | / |
| Andegbie | 75 | 1 | / |
| Gandique | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ngandegue | 71 | 4 | / |
| Gandiguai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Andegba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nga'ndegue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gandegui | 63 | 7 | / |
| Gandegua | 63 | 3 | / |
| Gomdigue | 63 | 2 | / |
| Gandégua | 63 | 1 | / |
| Gandeguai | 59 | 105 | / |
| Houndegbe | 59 | 14 | / |
| Gandeguay | 59 | 4 | / |
| Gondequi | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Gandigbe
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