Gnigbe Surname
Approximately 204 people bear this surname
Gnigbe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 187 | 1:123,376 | 6,051 |
| Benin | 17 | 1:607,977 | 36,930 |
Gnigbe (142) may also be a first name.
Gnigbe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gnigbe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gnigbe occurs more in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Gnigbe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gnigbe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,168,344th most widely held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 35,723,264 people. Gnigbe is predominantly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Gnigbe live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 85 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gnigbe is also the 775,413th most frequently held first name worldwide It is held by 142 people.
The last name Gnigbe is most common in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 187 people, or 1 in 123,376. In The Ivory Coast Gnigbe is mostly found in: Lagunes District, where 74 percent are found, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 16 percent are found and Bas-Sassandra District, where 10 percent are found. Not including The Ivory Coast this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Benin, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gnigbie | 92 | 1 | / |
| Nigbe | 91 | 61 | / |
| Gnegbe | 83 | 159 | / |
| Gnigue | 83 | 155 | / |
| Nigbei | 83 | 35 | / |
| Nigbea | 83 | 34 | / |
| Ngigbe | 83 | 15 | / |
| Naigbe | 83 | 14 | / |
| Nigber | 83 | 7 | / |
| Gnigba | 83 | 2 | / |
| Niegbe | 83 | 2 | / |
| Nigbep | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ngnigue | 77 | 41 | / |
| Ngigbea | 77 | 27 | / |
| Naigebe | 77 | 10 | / |
| Gnegbeu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Gnuigue | 77 | 2 | / |
| Naigber | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngnegbe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gnnigue | 77 | 1 | / |
| Negbe | 73 | 239 | / |
| Nigba | 73 | 37 | / |
| Nigve | 73 | 7 | / |
| Nygbe | 73 | 2 | / |
| Nigbi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Neighber | 71 | 0 | / |
| Nyogbe | 67 | 279 | / |
| Nnegbe | 67 | 74 | / |
| Gnegue | 67 | 37 | / |
| Naigba | 67 | 31 | / |
| Negbeh | 67 | 19 | / |
| Gnegba | 67 | 15 | / |
| Naygbe | 67 | 12 | / |
| Niegba | 67 | 7 | / |
| Negbee | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nygbeh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Negbey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nigbha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Noigba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gnigui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nhgbee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nuigba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gnegwe | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Gnigbe
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