Kigba Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Kigba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 60 | 1:2,952,379 | 92,303 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Kigba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kigba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kigba occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Kigba click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kigba? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,436,415th most frequently held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 117,541,063 people. The last name Kigba is primarily 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 widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 60 people, or 1 in 2,952,379. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Delta, where 53 percent are found, Rivers, where 27 percent are found and Benue, where 15 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 2 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Koigba | 91 | 4 | / |
| Kigbai | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kaigba | 91 | 1 | / |
| Khingba | 83 | 94 | / |
| Kaingba | 83 | 4 | / |
| Kaaigba | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kaigbay | 83 | 1 | / |
| Koingba | 83 | 1 | / |
| Koigbay | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kigbe | 80 | 566 | / |
| Kugba | 80 | 475 | / |
| Kegba | 80 | 284 | / |
| Kigbo | 80 | 157 | / |
| Kigbé | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chigba | 73 | 170 | / |
| Koigbo | 73 | 32 | / |
| Keigbo | 73 | 23 | / |
| Kuigbe | 73 | 20 | / |
| Kiegbo | 73 | 18 | / |
| Kyogba | 73 | 10 | / |
| Kuugba | 73 | 9 | / |
| Kaigbo | 73 | 8 | / |
| Kiegbe | 73 | 7 | / |
| Kiogbo | 73 | 5 | / |
| Kugbea | 73 | 4 | / |
| Khugba | 73 | 3 | / |
| Keigbe | 73 | 3 | / |
| Kugbah | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kegbah | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kugbaa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kigbeh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kiegbi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Koygba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Keagba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Keigby | 73 | 0 | / |
| Kegbaya | 67 | 17 | / |
| Kegbeah | 67 | 2 | / |
| Quoigba | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kaigbeh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Chigbau | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kiegbeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaingbo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaigbei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Quigbay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kehgbay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Qoigbay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaygbah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kuigbeu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kiegbie | 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 Kigba
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