Jigila Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Jigila Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 24 | 1:7,380,948 | 165,663 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Jigila (34) may also be a first name.
Jigila Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jigila Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jigila is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Jigila.
How Common Is The Last Name Jigila? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,957,383rd most frequently used surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. The last name Jigila occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Jigila reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Jigila is also the 1,775,424th most commonly occurring given name internationally, borne by 34 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 7,380,948. In Nigeria Jigila is most prevalent in: Borno, where 46 percent reside, Lagos, where 29 percent reside and Yobe, where 21 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also found in India, where 4 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 Jigila
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