Pignier Surname
Approximately 416 people bear this surname
Pignier Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 406 | 1:163,603 | 25,496 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Pignier Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pignier Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pignier occurs more in France more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pignier? popularity and diffusion
Pignier is the 706,244th most prevalent last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 17,518,139 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Pignier reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 98 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.
This surname is most commonly occurring in France, where it is held by 406 people, or 1 in 163,603. In France Pignier is most prevalent in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 36 percent live, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 27 percent live and Île-de-France, where 16 percent live. Beside France it is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Switzerland, where 1 percent live and Argentina, where 0 percent live.
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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 Pignier
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