Gighe Surname
Approximately 69 people bear this surname
Gighe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 48 | 1:2,109,130 | 121,847 |
| India | 19 | 1:40,371,862 | 445,856 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 15 | 1:3,347,912 | 150,340 |
Gighe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gighe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gighe (Marathi: िगघे) occurs more in The Philippines more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gighe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,293,424th most commonly held last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 105,616,607 people. Gighe occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Gighe live; 70 percent live in Southeast Asia and 70 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia.
This last name is most commonly used in The Philippines, where it is held by 48 people, or 1 in 2,109,130. In The Philippines it is most numerous in: Central Visayas, where 33 percent are found, Northern Mindanao, where 31 percent are found and Caraga, where 19 percent are found. Not including The Philippines this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 28 percent are found and Kenya, where 1 percent are found.
Gighe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Gighe has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Gighe surname fell 93 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gighe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gighe in the Marathi language | ||
| िगघे | igaghe | - |
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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 Gighe
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