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

Gnigban is held by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gnigban? popularity and diffusion

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

This surname is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 861,300. In Benin it is most frequent in: Collines Department, where 50 percent are found and Donga Department, where 50 percent are found. Other than Benin this last name 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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