Pigny Surname
Approximately 826 people bear this surname
Pigny Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 784 | 1:84,723 | 12,039 |
| Switzerland | 21 | 1:391,091 | 29,271 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Madagascar | 4 | 1:5,912,459 | 5,394 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Pigny Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pigny Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pigny has its highest incidence in France. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pigny? popularity and diffusion
It is the 420,074th most widely held surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 8,822,695 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Pigny reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.
It is most widespread in France, where it is held by 784 people, or 1 in 84,723. In France Pigny is most frequent in: Normandy, where 33 percent live, Île-de-France, where 13 percent live and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 12 percent live. Beside France this surname is found in 11 countries. It is also found in Switzerland, where 3 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.
Pigny Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Pigny has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Pigny surname grew 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pigney | 91 | 278 | / |
| Peigny | 91 | 34 | / |
| Poigny | 91 | 33 | / |
| Pignay | 91 | 1 | / |
| Peigney | 83 | 817 | / |
| Paignay | 83 | 2 | / |
| Poigney | 83 | 1 | / |
| Poignay | 83 | 1 | / |
| Piggney | 83 | 0 | / |
| Pigne | 80 | 776 | / |
| Pigni | 80 | 618 | / |
| Pigna | 80 | 541 | / |
| Pigné | 80 | 48 | / |
| Pegny | 80 | 36 | / |
| Pégny | 80 | 2 | / |
| Peigne | 73 | 1,252 | / |
| Pignet | 73 | 737 | / |
| Peigné | 73 | 230 | / |
| Peugny | 73 | 193 | / |
| Paigna | 73 | 154 | / |
| Pigner | 73 | 103 | / |
| Paigne | 73 | 63 | / |
| Peigna | 73 | 37 | / |
| Poigne | 73 | 22 | / |
| Pignez | 73 | 14 | / |
| Paigné | 73 | 4 | / |
| Poigné | 73 | 3 | / |
| Peignè | 73 | 2 | / |
| Pegnyi | 73 | 2 | / |
| Pignes | 73 | 2 | / |
| Pugnoy | 73 | 2 | / |
| Paigni | 73 | 1 | / |
| Peigni | 73 | 1 | / |
| Poigni | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pignei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pignee | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pugney | 73 | 0 | / |
| Pignie | 73 | 0 | / |
| Poignet | 67 | 439 | / |
| Peignet | 67 | 145 | / |
| Poignie | 67 | 105 | / |
| Poignee | 67 | 89 | / |
| Peigner | 67 | 41 | / |
| Poigner | 67 | 36 | / |
| Peignie | 67 | 12 | / |
| Poignée | 67 | 9 | / |
| Paigeni | 67 | 4 | / |
| Paignet | 67 | 2 | / |
| Puigner | 67 | 2 | / |
| Poingne | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peignés | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pigneeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Paignez | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peignee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peignes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peignez | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peignès | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pignett | 67 | 0 | / |
| Pignest | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Pigny
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