Gigha Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Gigha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 15 | 1:51,137,692 | 512,385 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gigha (33) may also be a first name.
Gigha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gigha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gigha (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻗﻴﻘﻪ, Hindi: गीघा, Marathi: गीघा, Oriya: ଗିଘା) is carried by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gigha? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gigha is the 3,882,373rd most common family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. The last name Gigha occurs predominantly in Asia, where 62 percent of Gigha are found; 62 percent are found in South Asia and 58 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,807,719th most frequent first name at a global level. It is borne by 33 people.
The last name Gigha is most frequently held in India, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 51,137,692. In India it is most frequent in: Gujarat, where 93 percent are found and Maharashtra, where 7 percent are found. Aside from India it is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 23 percent are found and Cameroon, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gigha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gigha in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻗﻴﻘﻪ | qyqh | - |
| Gigha in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗିଘା | gigha | - |
| Gigha in the Marathi language | ||
| गीघा | gigha | - |
| Gigha in the Hindi language | ||
| गीघा | gigha | 50 |
| गिघा | gigha | 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 Gigha
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