Bigha Surname
Approximately 234 people bear this surname
Bigha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 158 | 1:1,121,157 | 46,146 |
| Solomon Islands | 35 | 1:16,572 | 3,167 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bigha (498) may also be a first name.
Bigha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bigha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bigha (Georgian: ბიღა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻴﻚ, Hindi: बीघा, Marathi: बीघा, Oriya: ବିଘ) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bigha? popularity and diffusion
Bigha is the 1,064,392nd most common family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 31,143,359 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 72 percent of Bigha live; 69 percent live in West Africa and 68 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Bigha is also the 380,144th most widely held forename globally, held by 498 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 158 people, or 1 in 1,121,157. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Delta, where 51 percent reside, Bayelsa, where 33 percent reside and Rivers, where 6 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria it occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in The Solomon Islands, where 15 percent reside and India, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bigha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bigha in the Georgian language | ||
| ბიღა | bigha | - |
| Bigha in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻴﻚ | byk | - |
| Bigha in the Oriya language | ||
| ବିଘ | bigha | - |
| Bigha in the Marathi language | ||
| बीघा | bigha | - |
| Bigha in the Hindi language | ||
| बीघा | bigha | 53.29 |
| बिघा | bigha | 45.51 |
| बीघ | bigha | 0.6 |
| बिघ़्ा | bighaa | 0.6 |
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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 Bigha
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