Kigba Surname

2,436,415th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 62 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Kigba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kigba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria601:2,952,37992,303
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679

Kigba Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kigba occurs most in Nigeria. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kigba? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,436,415th most commonly occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 117,541,063 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kigba live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 60 people, or 1 in 2,952,379. In Nigeria Kigba is most prevalent in: Delta, where 53 percent are found, Rivers, where 27 percent are found and Benue, where 15 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 2 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Koigba914/
Kigbai911/
Kaigba911/
Khingba8394/
Kaingba834/
Kaaigba831/
Kaigbay831/
Koingba831/
Koigbay831/
Kigbe80566/
Kugba80475/
Kegba80284/
Kigbo80157/
Kigbé801/
Chigba73170/
Koigbo7332/
Keigbo7323/
Kuigbe7320/
Kiegbo7318/
Kyogba7310/
Kuugba739/
Kaigbo738/
Kiegbe737/
Kiogbo735/
Kugbea734/
Khugba733/
Keigbe733/
Kugbah732/
Kegbah732/
Kugbaa731/
Kigbeh731/
Kiegbi731/
Koygba731/
Keagba731/
Keigby730/
Kegbaya6717/
Kegbeah672/
Quoigba672/
Kaigbeh672/
Chigbau672/
Kiegbeh671/
Kaingbo671/
Kaigbei671/
Quigbay671/
Kehgbay671/
Qoigbay671/
Kaygbah671/
Kuigbeu671/
Kiegbie671/

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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 Kigba
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