Guiguia Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Guiguia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Guiguia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin211:492,17232,947
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051

Guiguia (16) may also be a first name.

Guiguia Last Name Facts

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

The surname Guiguia is more frequently found in Benin than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Guiguia? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,206,983rd most widely held surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Guiguia reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Guiguia is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 16 people.

Guiguia is most frequent in Benin, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 492,172. In Benin Guiguia is mostly found in: Atlantique Department, where 48 percent are found, Littoral Department, where 48 percent are found and Zou Department, where 5 percent are found. Apart from Benin this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Burkina Faso, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gueiguia933/
Guiguya86192/
Gueguia8610/
Guiguio867/
Guighia861/
Gbiguia861/
Guigguya801/
Quiquia712,146/
Guiquio711/
Guegbia711/
Guigueo711/
Guigeau711/
Gbigbia711/
Ghighias6757/
Gigea6751/
Guaiquio6720/
Quicquia679/
Gigja678/
Quiquias673/
Guigeaux671/
Quiequia671/

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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 Guiguia
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