Dighan Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Dighan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 15 | 1:1,279,468 | 26,841 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Dighan (13) may also be a first name.
Dighan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dighan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dighan (Oriya: ଦୀଘନ) occurs in Niger more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Dighan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dighan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Dighan is the 3,798,600th most frequently held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 59 percent of Dighan live; 56 percent live in West Africa and 56 percent live in Chadic Africa. Dighan is also the 3,159,357th most frequent given name world-wide It is held by 13 people.
This last name is most widely held in Niger, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 1,279,468. In Niger Dighan is most numerous in: Tahoua Region, where 100 percent reside. Besides Niger Dighan occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 22 percent reside and India, where 11 percent reside.
Dighan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Dighan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Dighan surname contracted 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dighan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dighan in the Oriya language | ||
| ଦୀଘନ | dighana | 50 |
| ଦିଘନ | dighana | 50 |
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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 Dighan
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