Ighe Surname
Approximately 1,019 people bear this surname
Ighe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 903 | 1:849,463 | 37,488 |
| Nigeria | 98 | 1:1,807,579 | 65,389 |
| Sweden | 14 | 1:703,340 | 52,204 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
Ighe (22) may also be a first name.
Ighe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ighe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ighe (Marathi: इघे) occurs in India more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ighe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 356,452nd most widely held last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 7,151,664 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 89 percent of Ighe live; 89 percent live in South Asia and 89 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Ighe is also the 2,301,746th most commonly used first name world-wide It is held by 22 people.
This last name is most frequently held in India, where it is held by 903 people, or 1 in 849,463. In India Ighe is most frequent in: Maharashtra, where 100 percent are found. Not including India this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 10 percent are found and Sweden, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ighe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ighe in the Marathi language | ||
| इघे | ighe | 88.38 |
| ईघे | ighe | 11.2 |
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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 Ighe
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