Vigbe Surname
Approximately 534 people bear this surname
Vigbe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 516 | 1:20,030 | 2,678 |
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
The alternate forms: Vigbé (1) are calculated separately.
Vigbe (47) may also be a first name.
Vigbe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vigbe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Vigbe is carried by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Vigbé. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Vigbe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Vigbe is the 585,898th most commonly held family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 13,647,090 people. Vigbe is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Vigbe live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Vigbe is also the 1,467,136th most frequently occurring given name world-wide, borne by 47 people.
It is most widespread in Benin, where it is carried by 516 people, or 1 in 20,030. In Benin Vigbe is most common in: Zou Department, where 62 percent live, Collines Department, where 28 percent live and Littoral Department, where 6 percent live. Not including Benin this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vigbé | 93 | 1 | / |
| Viegbe | 91 | 79 | / |
| Vigbey | 91 | 1 | / |
| Veigbeu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Vigue | 80 | 2,113 | / |
| Vigve | 80 | 16 | / |
| Figbe | 80 | 14 | / |
| Bigbe | 80 | 13 | / |
| Wigbe | 80 | 12 | / |
| Vegbe | 80 | 2 | / |
| Vigwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Fiogbe | 73 | 3,494 | / |
| Bigbee | 73 | 1,147 | / |
| Bigbie | 73 | 614 | / |
| Biogbe | 73 | 194 | / |
| Bigbey | 73 | 92 | / |
| Baigbe | 73 | 25 | / |
| Viggue | 73 | 22 | / |
| Viegue | 73 | 10 | / |
| Biegbe | 73 | 9 | / |
| Feigbe | 73 | 7 | / |
| Huigbe | 73 | 7 | / |
| Veigue | 73 | 5 | / |
| Vegbey | 73 | 3 | / |
| Foigbe | 73 | 3 | / |
| Vigbaa | 73 | 3 | / |
| Bigbeu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Vaigue | 73 | 2 | / |
| Uigbeh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bigbez | 73 | 1 | / |
| Faigbe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Viogue | 73 | 1 | / |
| Vighve | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fiegbe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Waigbe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Vegbeu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Vighue | 73 | 1 | / |
| Vigvee | 73 | 1 | / |
| Vegbhe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Vegbee | 73 | 1 | / |
| Figbey | 73 | 0 | / |
| Vaigoue | 67 | 38 | / |
| Whaigbe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wiggbee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vaigbay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Veugbeu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Woingbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fiogbea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fioggbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Biegbeu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bisgbee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Biggbee | 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
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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 Vigbe
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