Jiggah Surname
Approximately 46 people bear this surname
Jiggah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 41 | 1:4,320,555 | 118,938 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
Jiggah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jiggah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jiggah occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Jiggah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Jiggah is the 2,876,555th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 158,424,911 people. The last name Jiggah occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Jiggah live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 41 people, or 1 in 4,320,555. In Nigeria Jiggah is mostly found in: Kogi, where 49 percent reside, Cross River, where 27 percent reside and Federal Capital Territory, where 22 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 11 percent reside.
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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 Jiggah
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