Jigem Surname
Approximately 189 people bear this surname
Jigem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 165 | 1:125,873 | 14,288 |
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
Jigem (18) may also be a first name.
Jigem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jigem Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jigem is most common in Cameroon. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Jigem? popularity and diffusion
The last name Jigem is the 1,231,034th most frequently occurring family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 38,558,444 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Jigem reside; 77 percent reside in Central Africa and 77 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most frequently held first name on earth, held by 18 people.
The last name is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 165 people, or 1 in 125,873. In Cameroon Jigem is most numerous in: Northwest Region, where 76 percent live, Adamawa Region, where 12 percent live and Centre Region, where 11 percent live. Barring Cameroon this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 10 percent live and Malaysia, where 3 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 Jigem
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