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) is borne by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Gighe.
How Common Is The Last Name Gighe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,293,424th most commonly occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 105,616,607 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Gighe live; 70 percent live in Southeast Asia and 70 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia.
It 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 reside, Northern Mindanao, where 31 percent reside and Caraga, where 19 percent reside. Excluding The Philippines this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 28 percent reside and Kenya, where 1 percent reside.
Gighe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Gighe has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gighe last name declined 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
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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 Gighe
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