Chigh Surname
Approximately 93 people bear this surname
Chigh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 91 | 1:1,946,624 | 68,955 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chigh (20) may also be a first name.
Chigh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chigh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chigh is most common in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chigh? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,931,261st most frequent surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 78,360,709 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Chigh are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most frequently used first name at a global level. It is borne by 20 people.
The surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 91 people, or 1 in 1,946,624. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 95 percent are found, Lagos, where 2 percent are found and Adamawa, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 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
- 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 Chigh
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