Girgir Surname
Approximately 565 people bear this surname
Girgir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 545 | 1:325,033 | 17,840 |
| Turkey | 7 | 1:11,117,346 | 139,182 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Girgir (122) may also be a first name.
Girgir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Girgir Come From? nationality or country of origin
Girgir is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Girgir click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Girgir? popularity and diffusion
It is the 561,353rd most frequent surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 12,898,311 people. The surname Girgir occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Girgir reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Girgir is also the 844,248th most frequently occurring forename on earth, borne by 122 people.
Girgir is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 545 people, or 1 in 325,033. In Nigeria Girgir is mostly found in: Benue, where 65 percent reside, Taraba, where 18 percent reside and Adamawa, where 4 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria Girgir exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Turkey, where 1 percent reside and Niger, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Girgir
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