Kigure Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Latvia

Kigure Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kigure Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015

Kigure Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kigure is most common in Japan. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kigure? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kigure is the 6,360,413th most numerous family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name Kigure occurs predominantly in Asia, where 44 percent of Kigure reside; 33 percent reside in East Asia and 22 percent reside in Nippono-Asia.

This surname is most frequent in Japan, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 63,922,146. In Japan Kigure is most common in: Gunma Prefecture, where 50 percent live. Apart from Japan this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 22 percent live and Kenya, where 11 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kigur911/
Kigura83119/
Kaigur8361/
Kiguri8332/
Kigore8323/
Cigure835/
Koigur834/
Kugure833/
Kigire833/
Kigour830/
Chigure77452/
Kaiguri77240/
Koigura7729/
Kugurhe7721/
Koiguri7720/
Kiguura773/
Kigorhe771/
Kaigura771/
Keigire771/
Keigore770/
Cigur735/
Kigor731/
Chigaure717/
Kuinguri711/
Khegurie711/
Kigora67438/
Kigori67171/
Chigur67109/
Kigiri6730/
Kegire6711/
Kuguri6711/
Kighor676/
Keguri674/
Kegore673/
Kegour671/
Ciguri671/
Koygur671/
Khigor671/

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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 Kigure
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