Vigan Surname
Approximately 6,649 people bear this surname
Vigan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 5,034 | 1:2,053 | 252 |
| France | 614 | 1:108,180 | 16,070 |
| Italy | 462 | 1:132,374 | 21,306 |
| Philippines | 305 | 1:331,929 | 45,559 |
| Nigeria | 41 | 1:4,320,555 | 118,938 |
| India | 32 | 1:23,970,793 | 327,222 |
| Ivory Coast | 28 | 1:823,973 | 21,823 |
| United States | 14 | 1:25,889,924 | 709,614 |
| Switzerland | 14 | 1:586,637 | 40,624 |
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| Russia | 10 | 1:14,412,306 | 394,810 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Kazakhstan | 8 | 1:2,210,312 | 95,036 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Argentina | 6 | 1:7,123,902 | 190,047 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Nepal | 4 | 1:7,120,239 | 14,461 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Croatia | 4 | 1:1,057,151 | 57,892 |
| Hungary | 3 | 1:3,272,092 | 62,568 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7 | 1:3,482,196 | 89,582 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:522,805 | 14,314 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Vigan (20,449) may also be a first name.
Vigan Demographics
Average Vigan Salary in
United States
$57,521 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Vigan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vigan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Vigan (Arabic: فيغان, Hindi: विगन, Marathi: िवगन, Russian: Виган) occurs most in Benin. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vigan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 74,000th most numerous surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 1,096,036 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 77 percent of Vigan are found; 77 percent are found in West Africa and 77 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 37,191st most commonly held first name internationally, held by 20,449 people.
The surname Vigan is most frequently used in Benin, where it is held by 5,034 people, or 1 in 2,053. In Benin Vigan is primarily found in: Zou Department, where 66 percent live, Atlantique Department, where 12 percent live and Littoral Department, where 10 percent live. Other than Benin Vigan is found in 38 countries. It is also common in France, where 9 percent live and Italy, where 7 percent live.
Vigan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Vigan has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 1,400 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 129 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Vigan Last Name Statistics demography
Vigan earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 33.31% more than the national average, earning $57,521 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vigan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vigan in the Marathi language | ||
| िवगन | ivagana | 90.91 |
| िवघन | ivaghana | 9.09 |
| Vigan in the Hindi language | ||
| विगन | vigana | 80.46 |
| वीगन | vigana | 18.96 |
| विगं | vigam | 0.29 |
| विगान | vigana | 0.14 |
| वीगान | vigana | 0.14 |
| Vigan in the Russian language | ||
| Виган | vigan | - |
| Vigan in the Arabic language | ||
| فيغان | fyghan | - |
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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 Vigan
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