Gigiwa Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Gigiwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Gigiwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gigiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gigiwa is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gigiwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,360,413th most widely held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. Gigiwa occurs mostly in Oceania, where 89 percent of Gigiwa live; 89 percent live in Oceania Islands and 89 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
This surname is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 1,019,215. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Hela, where 75 percent live, Bougainville, where 13 percent live and Central, where 13 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea Gigiwa is found in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gigiba | 83 | 62 | / |
| Gijiwa | 83 | 9 | / |
| Zigiwa | 83 | 2 | / |
| Gigiwo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gisiwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Jigiwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gisiwau | 77 | 127 | / |
| Gigieva | 77 | 19 | / |
| Guiziwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sighiwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gaiguwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Guidjiwa | 71 | 12 | / |
| Sisiwa | 67 | 180 | / |
| Jijiwa | 67 | 96 | / |
| Giziba | 67 | 94 | / |
| Ziziwa | 67 | 92 | / |
| Guguwa | 67 | 43 | / |
| Gegewa | 67 | 20 | / |
| Siziwa | 67 | 18 | / |
| Sigiva | 67 | 14 | / |
| Gigibe | 67 | 7 | / |
| Zigiba | 67 | 5 | / |
| Gigive | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ziciwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gigivo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gizewa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zijiwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cegiwa | 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
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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 Gigiwa
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