Bige Surname
Approximately 5,405 people bear this surname
Bige Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 3,549 | 1:7,605 | 975 |
| DR Congo | 616 | 1:119,934 | 13,059 |
| Turkey | 388 | 1:200,571 | 14,739 |
| Hungary | 271 | 1:36,222 | 3,947 |
| Papua New Guinea | 183 | 1:44,556 | 5,479 |
| France | 155 | 1:428,534 | 62,172 |
| United States | 44 | 1:8,237,703 | 362,142 |
| Brazil | 35 | 1:6,116,409 | 148,801 |
| Argentina | 28 | 1:1,526,550 | 84,030 |
| Tanzania | 20 | 1:2,647,081 | 48,780 |
| Iran | 19 | 1:4,041,185 | 108,332 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| Australia | 9 | 1:2,999,522 | 116,751 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 1:1,778,817 | 104,392 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 14 | 1:3,587,049 | 158,810 |
The alternate forms: Bigé (4) are calculated separately.
Bige (1,575) may also be a first name.
Bige Demographics
Average Bige Salary in
United States
$41,326 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Bige Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bige Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bige (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻴﻚ, Marathi: बीगे, Russian: Биге) has its highest incidence in Angola. It may also be found as: Bigé. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bige? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 88,839th most frequent last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,348,297 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 78 percent of Bige reside; 66 percent reside in Southern Africa and 66 percent reside in Luso-Southern Africa. It is also the 194,984th most frequently occurring forename in the world. It is borne by 1,575 people.
The surname Bige is most prevalent in Angola, where it is borne by 3,549 people, or 1 in 7,605. Aside from Angola this surname is found in 37 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 11 percent are found and Turkey, where 7 percent are found.
Bige Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Bige has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Bige last name expanded 314 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Bige Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Bige last name are 37.44% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 84.21% being registered to vote for the party.
Bige earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 4.22% less than the national average, earning $41,326 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bige Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bige in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻴﻚ | byk | - |
| Bige in the Marathi language | ||
| बीगे | bige | - |
| Bige in the Russian language | ||
| Биге | bige | - |
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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 Bige
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