Digha Surname
Approximately 3,016 people bear this surname
Digha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 1,780 | 1:430,936 | 22,469 |
| Nigeria | 778 | 1:227,690 | 13,365 |
| Tanzania | 416 | 1:127,263 | 11,974 |
| Cameroon | 34 | 1:610,855 | 46,287 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
Digha (325) may also be a first name.
Digha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Digha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Digha (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﻳﻖ, Hindi: दीघा, Marathi: दघा, Oriya: ଦୀଘା) occurs in India more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Digha click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Digha? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 146,885th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 2,416,295 people. The last name Digha is predominantly found in Asia, where 59 percent of Digha live; 59 percent live in South Asia and 59 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Digha is also the 486,495th most numerous first name worldwide, held by 325 people.
The last name is most widely held in India, where it is held by 1,780 people, or 1 in 430,936. In India Digha is most common in: Maharashtra, where 99 percent live, West Bengal, where 0 percent live and Telangana, where 0 percent live. Aside from India this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 26 percent live and Tanzania, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Digha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Digha in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺩﻳﻖ | dyq | - |
| Digha in the Oriya language | ||
| ଦୀଘା | digha | - |
| Digha in the Marathi language | ||
| दघा | dagha | 75.44 |
| धव | dhava | 8.77 |
| धम | dhama | 4.39 |
| धाक | dhaka | 4.39 |
| दीघा | digha | 3.51 |
| िहरा | ihara | 3.51 |
| Digha in the Hindi language | ||
| दीघा | digha | 66.67 |
| दिघा | digha | 33.33 |
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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 Digha
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