Gigba Surname
Approximately 559 people bear this surname
Gigba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 493 | 1:149,857 | 15,681 |
| Liberia | 58 | 1:76,009 | 6,407 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
Gigba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gigba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gigba is found most frequently in The DR Congo. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gigba? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 565,867th most frequently used family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 13,036,755 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gigba reside; 88 percent reside in Central Africa and 88 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 493 people, or 1 in 149,857. Excluding The DR Congo Gigba is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 10 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 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 Gigba
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