Higa Surname
Approximately 17,104 people bear this surname
Higa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5,849 | 1:61,969 | 7,254 |
| Brazil | 4,514 | 1:47,425 | 1,866 |
| Argentina | 1,867 | 1:22,894 | 1,907 |
| Peru | 1,700 | 1:18,697 | 2,236 |
| Japan | 1,010 | 1:126,579 | 6,925 |
| South Africa | 697 | 1:77,730 | 9,640 |
| Bolivia | 305 | 1:34,808 | 2,216 |
| Philippines | 198 | 1:511,304 | 59,533 |
| Mexico | 181 | 1:685,780 | 10,700 |
| Indonesia | 170 | 1:777,936 | 59,310 |
| Kenya | 165 | 1:279,878 | 18,255 |
| Canada | 140 | 1:263,183 | 24,832 |
| Solomon Islands | 50 | 1:11,601 | 2,083 |
| Guam | 29 | 1:5,521 | 755 |
| Spain | 25 | 1:1,870,081 | 51,392 |
| Thailand | 24 | 1:2,943,264 | 289,518 |
| Burkina Faso | 20 | 1:917,605 | 9,572 |
| India | 20 | 1:38,353,269 | 431,471 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Russia | 11 | 1:13,102,096 | 377,010 |
| Australia | 9 | 1:2,999,522 | 116,751 |
| Paraguay | 9 | 1:804,083 | 8,568 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Venezuela | 7 | 1:4,314,868 | 39,591 |
| Marshall Islands | 7 | 1:7,403 | 1,135 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Chile | 4 | 1:4,404,118 | 44,633 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Palau | 1 | 1:21,643 | 223 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
Higa (463) may also be a first name.
Higa Demographics
Average Male Higa Height
170.73 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Higa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Higa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Higa (Hindi: हीगा) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Higa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Higa is the 31,220th most frequently occurring family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 426,073 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 63 percent of Higa live; 49 percent live in South America and 26 percent live in Luso-South America. It is also the 396,209th most numerous first name in the world, borne by 463 people.
The last name Higa is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 5,849 people, or 1 in 61,969. In The United States Higa is mostly concentrated in: Hawaii, where 64 percent are found, California, where 22 percent are found and Texas, where 2 percent are found. Outside of The United States this last name occurs in 58 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 26 percent are found and Argentina, where 11 percent are found.
Higa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Muslim (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Higa surname are 30.13% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 83.36% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Higa earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 67.98% more than the national average, earning S/. 32,562 per year; in South Africa they earn 58.15% less than the national average, earning R 99,444 per year; in United States they earn 13.27% more than the national average, earning $48,873 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21.19% more than the national average, earning $60,209 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Higa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Higa in the Hindi language | ||
| हीगा | higa | 74.32 |
| हिगा | higa | 24.32 |
| िहगा | ihaga | 1.35 |
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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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- 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 Higa
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