Kigbu Surname
Approximately 2,125 people bear this surname
Kigbu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,117 | 1:83,676 | 5,909 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
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
Kigbu has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kigbu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 197,103rd most commonly used surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 3,429,433 people. Kigbu is mostly 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 frequent forename globally, held by 421 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2,117 people, or 1 in 83,676. In Nigeria Kigbu is primarily found in: Nasarawa, where 65 percent reside, Plateau, where 7 percent reside and Kaduna, where 5 percent reside. Besides Nigeria Kigbu occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent reside and The Gambia, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Kigbu
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis