Giguère Surname

571,325th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 552 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Canada

Giguère Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Giguère Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada5461:67,4837,779
France21:33,211,361423,184
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

The alternate forms: Giguere (14,622) & Giguėre (1) are calculated separately.

Giguère Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Giguère Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Giguère is most common in Canada. It can also be found as a variant: Giguere or Giguėre. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Giguère? popularity and diffusion

It is the 571,325th most common family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 13,202,076 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Giguère live; 99 percent live in North America and 98 percent live in Gallo-North America.

Giguère is most frequently used in Canada, where it is carried by 546 people, or 1 in 67,483. In Canada Giguère is primarily concentrated in: Quebec, where 99 percent reside, Ontario, where 1 percent reside and Alberta, where 0 percent reside. Aside from Canada Giguère is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in France, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Giguere9514,622/
Giguėre951/
Gigure92425/
Giguire866/
Gigurie861/
Gigur8311/
Gigre835/
Giguiere80159/
Giguerre8018/
Giguaire8014/
Giguirre800/
Gigare77152/
Giguer7729/
Giguru7713/
Gikure775/
Gegure775/
Gicure774/
Giggre772/
Gigura771/
Gigreo770/
Gigore770/
Gigury770/
Gigr731/
Gigauri714,013/
Giguera7151/
Gekière714/
Giquere713/
Gigaree713/
Giguira713/
Geguere712/
Gékière711/
Gegaure711/
Gikurwe711/
Gigorie711/
Giguiri711/
Gigueri711/
Gikurue711/
Gigaire710/
Gigar671,563/
Gigor67295/
Gicquere6768/
Gigueira6734/
Gigra6714/
Gegre6714/
Gigueroa6713/
Gigueiro6711/
Giagouri674/
Gigro673/
Gigri673/
Giquerre671/
Geguriea671/
Giaguero671/
Sigouire671/
Geguerre670/
Higuêra571/
Chinguhaire561/

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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 Giguère
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