Ñíguez Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Spain

Ñíguez Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Ñíguez Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain151:3,116,80265,296
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

The alternate forms: Ñiguez (756) & Niguez (11) are calculated separately.

Ñíguez Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ñíguez occurs more in Spain more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant: Ñiguez or Niguez. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ñíguez? popularity and diffusion

Ñíguez is the 4,772,636th most frequent surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Ñíguez live; 88 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 88 percent live in Iberian Europe.

The last name is most commonly used in Spain, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 3,116,802. In Spain Ñíguez is primarily concentrated in: Murcia, where 60 percent are found, Valencian Community, where 27 percent are found and Basque Country, where 7 percent are found. Beside Spain it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 6 percent are found and Germany, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ñiguez94756/
Niguez8911/
Nguez731/
Noguez679,818/
Ngueze67211/
Naguez6735/
Nguezi6733/
Neguez6731/
Nguezo6730/
Nuguez674/
Ngueza672/
Nguezu671/
Ñagues671/
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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 Ñíguez
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