Isiga Surname
Approximately 1,206 people bear this surname
Isiga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 1,079 | 1:36,181 | 4,738 |
| Nigeria | 96 | 1:1,845,237 | 66,383 |
| Solomon Islands | 27 | 1:21,483 | 4,219 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Isiga (31) may also be a first name.
Isiga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Isiga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Isiga has its highest incidence in Uganda. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Isiga? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 311,995th most frequently used last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 6,042,741 people. The last name Isiga occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Isiga live; 90 percent live in East Africa and 86 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most common first name in the world, borne by 31 people.
This surname is most frequent in Uganda, where it is held by 1,079 people, or 1 in 36,181. In Uganda Isiga is primarily concentrated in: Pallisa District, where 22 percent live, Kaliro District, where 15 percent live and Buyende District, where 14 percent live. Other than Uganda this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 8 percent live and The Solomon Islands, where 2 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Isiga
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