Vanigan Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belarus
Highest density in:
Belarus

Vanigan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Vanigan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Vanigan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Vanigan (Russian: Ваниган) is held by more people in Belarus than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Vanigan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Vanigan? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 10,311,814th most commonly occurring surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 67 percent of Vanigan are found; 67 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 67 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

The last name is most prevalent in Belarus, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 9,501,059. In Belarus it is most frequent in: Gomel Region, where 100 percent are found. Besides Belarus it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 33 percent are found and The United States, where 33 percent are found.

Vanigan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Vanigan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Vanigan last name declined 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Vanigan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Vanigan in the Russian language
Ваниганvanigan-

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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 Vanigan
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