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
The surname Alighe is most common in Nigeria. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Alighe.
How Common Is The Last Name Alighe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Alighe is the 2,605,694th most frequent last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 132,500,835 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Alighe reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Alighe is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 54 people, or 1 in 3,280,421. In Nigeria Alighe is most numerous in: Lagos, where 41 percent live, Edo, where 33 percent live and Oyo, where 15 percent live. Not including Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 2 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 Alighe
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