Gigeon Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Gigeon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Gigeon (37) may also be a first name.
Gigeon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gigeon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gigeon is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gigeon? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gigeon is the 5,391,485th most frequently used surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 69 percent of Gigeon reside; 62 percent reside in West Africa and 62 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,688,769th most frequent first name globally It is held by 37 people.
It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Abia, where 43 percent are found, Oyo, where 43 percent are found and Bayelsa, where 14 percent are found. Beside Nigeria Gigeon occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 31 percent are found and Ghana, where 8 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 Gigeon
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