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
The surname Jigal (Hindi: जिगल, Marathi: िजगल, Oriya: ଜିଗାଲ) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jigal? popularity and diffusion
Jigal is the 2,414,640th most common last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 115,675,332 people. The surname Jigal occurs predominantly in Africa, where 51 percent of Jigal reside; 51 percent reside in West Africa and 51 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Jigal is also the 339,798th most common forename throughout the world, held by 605 people.
The last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 32 people, or 1 in 5,535,711. In Nigeria Jigal is most frequent in: Plateau, where 88 percent reside, Rivers, where 9 percent reside and Borno, where 3 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria Jigal exists in 2 countries. It also occurs 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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