Neigbour Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Bulgaria

Neigbour Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Neigbour Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
England21:27,859,030389,889
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Neigbour Last Name Facts

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

The last name Neigbour is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Neigbour? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,057,639th most commonly held surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 40 percent of Neigbour live; 33 percent live in West Africa and 33 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria Neigbour is mostly found in: Abia, where 60 percent are found and Rivers, where 20 percent are found. Barring Nigeria Neigbour exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 27 percent are found and England, where 13 percent are found.

Neigbour Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Neigbour has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Neigbour surname fell 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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
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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 Neigbour
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