Ighar Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Ighar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 44 | 1:17,433,304 | 271,013 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
Ighar (132) may also be a first name.
Ighar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ighar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ighar (Hindi: इघार, Marathi: इजहार) is found most in India. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Ighar click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ighar? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ighar is the 2,746,821st most frequent surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. The surname Ighar is predominantly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Ighar are found; 88 percent are found in South Asia and 88 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 807,735th most widely held first name world-wide. It is borne by 132 people.
The surname is most frequently used in India, where it is held by 44 people, or 1 in 17,433,304. In India Ighar is most frequent in: Gujarat, where 95 percent live, Bihar, where 2 percent live and West Bengal, where 2 percent live. Beside India this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 8 percent live and Nigeria, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ighar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ighar in the Hindi language | ||
| इघार | ighara | - |
| Ighar in the Marathi language | ||
| इजहार | ijahara | - |
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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 Ighar
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