Gigiu Surname
Approximately 170 people bear this surname
Gigiu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 169 | 1:118,804 | 13,142 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
The alternate forms: Gîgiu (4) are calculated separately.
Gigiu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gigiu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gigiu is more commonly found in Romania than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant: Gîgiu. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gigiu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,321,499th most widely held last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 42,867,917 people. The surname Gigiu is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Gigiu live; 99 percent live in Eastern Europe and 99 percent live in Romanian Europe.
The last name is most common in Romania, where it is carried by 169 people, or 1 in 118,804. In Romania Gigiu is primarily found in: Teleorman County, where 64 percent live, Giurgiu County, where 33 percent live and Bucharest Municipality, where 2 percent live. Without taking into account Romania this last name is found in one country. It is also common in The Solomon Islands, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gîgiu | 93 | 4 | / |
| Ghigiu | 91 | 10 | / |
| Giogiu | 91 | 2 | / |
| Guigiu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ngigiu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Igiu | 89 | 5 | / |
| Giogiou | 83 | 8 | / |
| Gegiu | 80 | 343 | / |
| Higiu | 80 | 135 | / |
| Gijiu | 80 | 46 | / |
| Jigiu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Giougiou | 77 | 7 | / |
| Iiu | 75 | 37 | / |
| Ogioiu | 73 | 29 | / |
| Ghițiu | 73 | 4 | / |
| Ngiiju | 73 | 4 | / |
| Zigiui | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eggius | 73 | 0 | / |
| Giju | 67 | 382 | / |
| Gisu | 67 | 305 | / |
| Gicu | 67 | 153 | / |
| Gogioiu | 67 | 141 | / |
| Hogioiu | 67 | 83 | / |
| Ghișoiu | 67 | 77 | / |
| Giyu | 67 | 65 | / |
| Gigeous | 67 | 64 | / |
| Gizu | 67 | 48 | / |
| Jiiu | 67 | 44 | / |
| Gagioiu | 67 | 26 | / |
| Hiiu | 67 | 20 | / |
| Iziu | 67 | 9 | / |
| Ihiu | 67 | 9 | / |
| Egiu | 67 | 7 | / |
| Ghițoiu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Gugioiu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Iiou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yiiu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Higgius | 67 | 2 | / |
| Iiud | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ijiu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iiua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iiju | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iieu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iiuu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gyiu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iiuz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Heggius | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iihu | 67 | 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
- 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 Gigiu
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