Wigbe Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Wigbe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 10 | 1:1,033,560 | 48,353 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Wigbe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wigbe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wigbe is more commonly found in Benin than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Wigbe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wigbe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,587,209th most commonly used surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. Wigbe is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wigbe reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most common in Benin, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 1,033,560. In Benin it is primarily found in: Zou Department, where 70 percent reside and Collines Department, where 30 percent reside. Aside from Benin it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 8 percent reside and Nigeria, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waigbe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Whaigbe | 83 | 3 | / |
| Woingbe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wiggbee | 83 | 1 | / |
| Vigbe | 80 | 534 | / |
| Wigwe | 80 | 478 | / |
| Wigby | 80 | 191 | / |
| Wegbe | 80 | 178 | / |
| Bigbe | 80 | 13 | / |
| Wygbe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wugbe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wigba | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bigbee | 73 | 1,147 | / |
| Waigwe | 73 | 927 | / |
| Bigbey | 73 | 92 | / |
| Viegbe | 73 | 79 | / |
| Weagbe | 73 | 27 | / |
| Baigbe | 73 | 25 | / |
| Weigue | 73 | 22 | / |
| Wegbea | 73 | 21 | / |
| Wiegue | 73 | 10 | / |
| Huigbe | 73 | 7 | / |
| Wugbeh | 73 | 6 | / |
| Weigba | 73 | 4 | / |
| Wigwer | 73 | 4 | / |
| Weugbe | 73 | 2 | / |
| Whugbe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Whigby | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wighwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wegbey | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wegber | 73 | 1 | / |
| Whegbe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wegbeu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Vigbey | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wegbeh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wygbeh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hwegbe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Uigbeh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Waygbeh | 67 | 89 | / |
| Weagbeh | 67 | 18 | / |
| Woingue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waingbi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Veigbeu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weugbeu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wwaigwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weagbea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weigbay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Whegbeh | 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 Wigbe
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