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 last name Bigha (Georgian: ბიღა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻴﻚ, Hindi: बीघा, Marathi: बीघा, Oriya: ବିଘ) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Bigha click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bigha? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,064,392nd most numerous family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 31,143,359 people. The surname Bigha 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 common first name throughout the world It is held by 498 people.
Bigha is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 158 people, or 1 in 1,121,157. In Nigeria Bigha is most numerous in: Delta, where 51 percent live, Bayelsa, where 33 percent live and Rivers, where 6 percent live. Not including Nigeria it occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in The Solomon Islands, where 15 percent live and India, where 7 percent live.
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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- 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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