Nigio Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Nigio Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nigio Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea181:452,98457,838
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

Nigio Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nigio occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nigio? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,427,875th most frequently used family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 90 percent of Nigio are found; 90 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 90 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.

This surname is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 452,984. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Eastern Highlands, where 94 percent live and Milne Bay, where 6 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Colombia, where 5 percent live and Italy, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Niagio9197/
Niggio916/
Naigio911/
Nizio802,130/
Ngizo80551/
Niiho8083/
Negio8033/
Nigia8021/
Niijo801/
Onigioja7711/
Gnizio7358/
Nizzio736/
Niziot731/
Neigia731/
Nyagio731/
Nihiho731/
Niegia731/
Njogio731/
Neegio731/
Ngizzo731/
Nico676,831/
Nijo673,535/
Niso673,525/
Nizo67432/
Ngeo67403/
Ngnijio673/
Nieo672/
Ngiogio671/
Ngnejio671/

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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 Nigio
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