Kigbu Surname

197,103rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,125 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Kigbu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kigbu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2,1171:83,6765,909
England31:18,572,686338,250
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Kigbu (421) may also be a first name.

Kigbu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kigbu is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kigbu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 197,103rd most common surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 3,429,433 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kigbu reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 418,786th most widespread first name internationally It is held by 421 people.

It is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 2,117 people, or 1 in 83,676. In Nigeria Kigbu is primarily found in: Nasarawa, where 65 percent are found, Plateau, where 7 percent are found and Kaduna, where 5 percent are found. Not including Nigeria it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent are found and The Gambia, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kuigbeu831/
Kugbu807/
Kegbu803/
Khingbuh771/
Chigbu738,096/
Kugbeu731/
Kegbou731/
Cihgbu731/
Chigbeu67283/
Chigbuh6710/
Chigbou678/
Cchigbu676/
Chigbau672/
Chigbui672/
Keugbeu671/
Chigbuu671/
Chiggbu671/
Chegbu553/
Chegbuu501/

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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 Kigbu
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