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
Bigha (Georgian: ბიღა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻴﻚ, Hindi: बीघा, Marathi: बीघा, Oriya: ବିଘ) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bigha? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bigha is the 1,064,392nd most commonly used surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 31,143,359 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 72 percent of Bigha reside; 69 percent reside in West Africa and 68 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Bigha is also the 380,144th most commonly held forename globally. It is borne by 498 people.
The last name Bigha is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 158 people, or 1 in 1,121,157. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Delta, where 51 percent are found, Bayelsa, where 33 percent are found and Rivers, where 6 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria Bigha occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in The Solomon Islands, where 15 percent are found and India, where 7 percent are found.
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
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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 Bigha
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