Gnigban Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Gnigban Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gnigban Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin121:861,30044,192
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679

Gnigban (23) may also be a first name.

Gnigban Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gnigban is carried by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Gnigban.

How Common Is The Last Name Gnigban? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,391,485th most frequently used family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname Gnigban occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Gnigban are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gnigban is also the 2,239,265th most frequently occurring first name internationally It is held by 23 people.

The surname is most widespread in Benin, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 861,300. In Benin Gnigban is mostly concentrated in: Collines Department, where 50 percent are found and Donga Department, where 50 percent are found. Barring Benin this surname exists in one country. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nigban922/
Nighban861/
Negban7750/
Ngnegbain751/
Neagban711/
Nigbaum710/
Neighbon671/
Nighbonn670/
Neighbonn630/
Negbam621/
Negbon621/
Nnegbon573/
Neghban571/

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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 Gnigban
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