Bijiga Surname
Approximately 1,834 people bear this surname
Bijiga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1,610 | 1:60,588 | 6,165 |
| India | 182 | 1:4,214,645 | 112,328 |
| Moldova | 39 | 1:91,317 | 11,266 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
Bijiga (970) may also be a first name.
Bijiga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bijiga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bijiga is most common in Ethiopia. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bijiga? popularity and diffusion
It is the 222,254th most commonly used family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 3,973,580 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 88 percent of Bijiga reside; 88 percent reside in East Africa and 88 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Bijiga is also the 258,826th most frequently used first name world-wide, held by 970 people.
The surname is most numerous in Ethiopia, where it is held by 1,610 people, or 1 in 60,588. Without taking into account Ethiopia Bijiga exists in 4 countries. It is also found in India, where 10 percent are found and Moldova, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Bijiga
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