Jigal Surname
Approximately 63 people bear this surname
Jigal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 32 | 1:5,535,711 | 139,404 |
| India | 30 | 1:25,568,846 | 339,406 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
Jigal (605) may also be a first name.
Jigal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jigal Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jigal (Hindi: जिगल, Marathi: िजगल, Oriya: ଜିଗାଲ) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jigal? popularity and diffusion
Jigal is the 2,414,640th most frequently used surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 115,675,332 people. The surname Jigal occurs mostly in Africa, where 51 percent of Jigal reside; 51 percent reside in West Africa and 51 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 339,798th most prevalent first name at a global level, borne by 605 people.
It is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 5,535,711. In Nigeria Jigal is mostly concentrated in: Plateau, where 88 percent reside, Rivers, where 9 percent reside and Borno, where 3 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 48 percent reside and Iran, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jigal Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jigal in the Oriya language | ||
| ଜିଗାଲ | jigala | 69.23 |
| ଜିଗାଳ | jigala | 30.77 |
| Jigal in the Marathi language | ||
| िजगल | ijagala | 66.67 |
| जीगल | jigala | 22.22 |
| जीगर | jigara | 5.56 |
| जुगल | jugala | 5.56 |
| Jigal in the Hindi language | ||
| जिगल | jigala | 60 |
| जीगल | jigala | 40 |
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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 Jigal
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