Korigan Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Korigan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
Korigan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Korigan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Korigan (Russian: Кориган) has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Korigan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Korigan is the 7,117,718th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. Korigan occurs mostly in Oceania, where 71 percent of Korigan reside; 71 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 71 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
Korigan is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 1,630,743. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Western Highlands, where 100 percent reside. Beside Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 14 percent reside and The United States, where 14 percent reside.
Korigan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Korigan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Korigan surname decreased 90 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Korigan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Korigan in the Russian language | ||
| Кориган | korigan | - |
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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 Korigan
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