Jiges Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Jiges Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
Jiges (97) may also be a first name.
Jiges Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jiges Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jiges (Oriya: ଜିେଗସ) is most common in Nigeria. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jiges? popularity and diffusion
The surname Jiges is the 3,274,477th most common surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 58 percent of Jiges are found; 58 percent are found in West Africa and 58 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Jiges is also the 962,660th most commonly occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 97 people.
The last name Jiges is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 8,435,369. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Plateau, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 25 percent are found and Malaysia, where 17 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jiges Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jiges in the Oriya language | ||
| ଜିେଗସ | jiegasa | - |
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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 Jiges
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