Jigba Surname
Approximately 273 people bear this surname
Jigba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 246 | 1:720,093 | 33,031 |
| United States | 21 | 1:17,259,949 | 572,238 |
| Sierra Leone | 4 | 1:1,772,408 | 958 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Jigba (35) may also be a first name.
Jigba Demographics
Average Jigba Salary in
United States
$17,050 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Jigba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jigba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jigba (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﻜﺐ, Marathi: जीग्बा) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jigba? popularity and diffusion
The last name Jigba is the 956,400th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 26,694,307 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Jigba reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Jigba is also the 1,744,716th most frequently used given name globally, held by 35 people.
The surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 246 people, or 1 in 720,093. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 64 percent live, Taraba, where 26 percent live and Cross River, where 4 percent live. Besides Nigeria Jigba occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 8 percent live and Sierra Leone, where 1 percent live.
Jigba Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Jigba last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.
Jigba earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 60.49% less than the national average, earning $17,050 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jigba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jigba in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺟﻜﺐ | jkb | - |
| Jigba in the Marathi language | ||
| जीग्बा | jigba | - |
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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 Jigba
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