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
Nignan has its highest incidence in Burkina Faso. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nignan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 18,400th most frequent family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 243,202 people. Nignan is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nignan live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 766,399th most frequent first name in the world. It is borne by 145 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 29,752 people, or 1 in 617. In Burkina Faso Nignan is mostly found in: Centre-Ouest Region, where 78 percent reside, Centre Region, where 10 percent reside and Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 7 percent reside. Aside from Burkina Faso this surname occurs 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
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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 Nignan
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