Ñiguez Surname
Approximately 756 people bear this surname
Ñiguez Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 720 | 1:64,933 | 5,854 |
| Argentina | 22 | 1:1,942,882 | 97,983 |
| Chile | 10 | 1:1,761,647 | 27,489 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
The alternate forms: Ñíguez (17) & Niguez (11) are calculated separately.
Ñiguez Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ñiguez Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ñiguez is found most in Spain. It may also be rendered as: Ñíguez or Niguez. Click here for further potential spellings of Ñiguez.
How Common Is The Last Name Ñiguez? popularity and diffusion
Ñiguez is the 449,900th most widely held surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,639,611 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 96 percent of Ñiguez are found; 95 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 95 percent are found in Iberian Europe.
This surname is most widespread in Spain, where it is held by 720 people, or 1 in 64,933. In Spain it is mostly concentrated in: Valencian Community, where 85 percent live, Murcia, where 9 percent live and Madrid, where 2 percent live. Barring Spain Ñiguez exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 3 percent live and Chile, where 1 percent live.
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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 Ñiguez
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