Higba Surname
Approximately 33 people bear this surname
Higba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 19 | 1:1,214,275 | 27,625 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Higba (151) may also be a first name.
Higba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Higba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Higba has its highest incidence in The Ivory Coast. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Higba? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,432,070th most prevalent last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Higba live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Higba is also the 749,223rd most commonly occurring first name on earth, held by 151 people.
This last name is most widely held in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 1,214,275. In The Ivory Coast it is most numerous in: Bas-Sassandra District, where 89 percent reside, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 5 percent reside and Comoé District, where 5 percent reside. Beside The Ivory Coast Higba exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 36 percent reside and Cameroon, where 3 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 Higba
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