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
Higa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Higa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Higa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Higa (Hindi: हीगा) has its highest incidence in The United States. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Higa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 31,220th most commonly occurring surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 426,073 people. The last name Higa occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 63 percent of Higa reside; 49 percent reside in South America and 26 percent reside in Luso-South America. It is also the 396,209th most common first name on earth, held by 463 people.
The last name is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 5,849 people, or 1 in 61,969. In The United States it is most numerous in: Hawaii, where 64 percent reside, California, where 22 percent reside and Texas, where 2 percent reside. Aside from The United States Higa is found in 58 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 26 percent reside and Argentina, where 11 percent reside.
Higa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Higa last name is principally Muslim (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Higa surname are 30.13% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 83.36% being registered to vote for the political 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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- 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 Higa
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