Gignan Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Gignan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 13 | 1:5,109,440 | 259,941 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gignan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gignan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gignan (Arabic: غاينيان) is more commonly found in France than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Gignan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gignan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,213,395th most frequently held family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. Gignan is predominantly found in Europe, where 93 percent of Gignan reside; 93 percent reside in Western Europe and 93 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.
The last name Gignan is most widely held in France, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 5,109,440. In France it is primarily found in: Brittany, where 62 percent are found, Île-de-France, where 23 percent are found and Grand Est, where 8 percent are found. Beside France it exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gignan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gignan in the Arabic language | ||
| غاينيان | ghaynyan | - |
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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 Gignan
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