Nignan Surname
Approximately 29,965 people bear this surname
Nignan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 29,752 | 1:617 | 84 |
| Ivory Coast | 174 | 1:132,593 | 6,418 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Nignan (145) may also be a first name.
Nignan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nignan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nignan occurs in Burkina Faso more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nignan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 18,400th most common family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 243,202 people. The surname Nignan occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nignan reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nignan is also the 766,399th most numerous first name in the world It is held by 145 people.
The surname Nignan is most frequently occurring in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 29,752 people, or 1 in 617. In Burkina Faso Nignan is most numerous in: Centre-Ouest Region, where 78 percent reside, Centre Region, where 10 percent reside and Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 7 percent reside. Beside Burkina Faso Nignan is found in 13 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent reside and Canada, where 0 percent reside.
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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
- 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 Nignan
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