Gijben Surname

1,415,499th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 153 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Gijben Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gijben Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1391:121,49019,071
South Africa141:3,869,836127,494

Gijben Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gijben is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gijben? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,415,499th most numerous family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 47,631,019 people. The last name Gijben is mostly found in Europe, where 91 percent of Gijben are found; 91 percent are found in Western Europe and 91 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is held by 139 people, or 1 in 121,490. In The Netherlands Gijben is mostly concentrated in: South Holland, where 31 percent are found, North Brabant, where 22 percent are found and Gelderland, where 19 percent are found. Barring The Netherlands this surname is found in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 9 percent are found.

Gijben Last Name Statistics demography

Gijben earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 61.9% more than the national average, earning R 384,732 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ghijben9228/
Sijben83688/
Geiben83195/
Ijiben831/
Jijiben77101/
Ghizben774/
Ieben7357,757/
Geben73823/
Jeben73124/
Ejben735/
Jebeng67100/
Güibin6730/
Jebeen6727/
Jaiben6711/
Iibeun676/
Joiben673/
Jebehn673/
Jhiben673/
Guében672/
Jebuen671/
Ziiben671/
Gebehn671/
Güibín671/
Jebent671/
Hieben671/
Joyben671/
Jebenn671/
Juiben671/

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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 Gijben
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