Hygenus Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Hygenus Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 37 | 1:4,787,642 | 126,894 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
Hygenus (489) may also be a first name.
Hygenus Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hygenus Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hygenus is most common in Nigeria. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hygenus? popularity and diffusion
Hygenus is the 3,100,440th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. The surname Hygenus is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Hygenus reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Hygenus is also the 384,341st most frequently used first name worldwide. It is borne by 489 people.
The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 37 people, or 1 in 4,787,642. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Rivers, where 30 percent are found, Abia, where 19 percent are found and Nasarawa, where 14 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 5 percent are found and Mexico, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hygienus | 93 | 6 | / |
| Hygenuis | 93 | 1 | / |
| Hygnus | 92 | 4 | / |
| Hyginus | 86 | 1,229 | / |
| Higenus | 86 | 3 | / |
| Hyguinus | 80 | 4 | / |
| Hyginaus | 80 | 1 | / |
| Egenus | 77 | 74 | / |
| Igenus | 77 | 4 | / |
| Hignus | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hyginu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Chigenu | 71 | 24 | / |
| Higinus | 71 | 15 | / |
| Hyjinus | 71 | 6 | / |
| Eugenus | 71 | 4 | / |
| Hyginos | 71 | 2 | / |
| Higynus | 71 | 2 | / |
| Gezinus | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chegenu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Igienus | 71 | 1 | / |
| Egenu | 67 | 103 | / |
| Ignus | 67 | 40 | / |
| Igenu | 67 | 21 | / |
| Egnus | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gezienus | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chigengu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ingenuus | 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
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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 Hygenus
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