Jigana Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Jigana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 22 | 1:2,462,623 | 101,019 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Jigana (408) may also be a first name.
Jigana Demographics
Average Jigana Salary in
South Africa
R 101,772
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Jigana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jigana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jigana (Hindi: जिगना, Marathi: जीगना, Oriya: ଜିଗାନା) is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Jigana click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jigana? popularity and diffusion
The last name Jigana is the 3,017,195th most widely held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Jigana are found; 52 percent are found in Southern Africa and 52 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Jigana is also the 426,776th most commonly held first name world-wide, held by 408 people.
This last name is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 2,462,623. In South Africa Jigana is mostly found in: Limpopo, where 77 percent live, Gauteng, where 18 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 5 percent live. Outside of South Africa this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 31 percent live and India, where 7 percent live.
Jigana Last Name Statistics demography
Jigana earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 57.17% less than the national average, earning R 101,772 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jigana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jigana in the Marathi language | ||
| जीगना | jigana | 76.12 |
| िजगना | ijagana | 14.93 |
| िजगणा | ijagana | 2.24 |
| जीगाना | jigana | 1.49 |
| िजगाना | ijagana | 1.49 |
| िजगनं | ijaganam | 0.75 |
| जीगन | jigana | 0.75 |
| जीगणा | jigana | 0.75 |
| िजगणं | ijaganam | 0.75 |
| Jigana in the Hindi language | ||
| जिगना | jigana | 65.12 |
| जीगना | jigana | 30.23 |
| जिग्ना | jigna | 2.33 |
| जिगाना | jigana | 2.33 |
| Jigana in the Oriya language | ||
| ଜିଗାନା | jigana | 33.33 |
| ଜିଗନା | jigana | 33.33 |
| ଯିଗନା | yigana | 16.67 |
| ଜୀଗନା | jigana | 16.67 |
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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 Jigana
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