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 found most frequently in Cameroon. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jigem? popularity and diffusion
Jigem is the 1,231,034th most commonly used family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 38,558,444 people. The last name Jigem 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. Jigem is also the 2,608,198th most commonly held first name in the world, held by 18 people.
This surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 165 people, or 1 in 125,873. In Cameroon Jigem is most numerous in: Northwest Region, where 76 percent are found, Adamawa Region, where 12 percent are found and Centre Region, where 11 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon Jigem is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 10 percent are found and Malaysia, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Jigem
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