Alighe Surname
Approximately 55 people bear this surname
Alighe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 54 | 1:3,280,421 | 99,135 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Alighe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alighe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Alighe occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Alighe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,605,694th most commonly occurring surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 132,500,835 people. The surname Alighe occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Alighe are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 54 people, or 1 in 3,280,421. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Lagos, where 41 percent are found, Edo, where 33 percent are found and Oyo, where 15 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Alighe
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