Jigme Surname

600,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 518 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bhutan
Highest density in:
Bhutan

Jigme Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jigme Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bhutan4371:1,410127
India311:24,744,045333,161
United States271:13,424,405494,117
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
China41:341,830,39216,990
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
France11:66,422,722504,397
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622

Jigme (8,583) may also be a first name.

Jigme Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Jigme Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Jigme (Hindi: जीगमे, Tibetan: འཇིགས་མེད་) is more commonly found in Bhutan than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Jigme.

How Common Is The Last Name Jigme? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 600,164th most frequently held last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 14,068,621 people. The last name Jigme is primarily found in Asia, where 92 percent of Jigme reside; 91 percent reside in South Asia and 84 percent reside in Tibeto-South Asia. Jigme is also the 67,879th most frequently occurring given name throughout the world, borne by 8,583 people.

It is most widespread in Bhutan, where it is carried by 437 people, or 1 in 1,410. In Bhutan it is primarily found in: Thimphu District, where 32 percent reside, Mongar District, where 13 percent reside and Trashigang District, where 11 percent reside. Excluding Bhutan this last name is found in 14 countries. It is also common in India, where 6 percent reside and The United States, where 5 percent reside.

Jigme Last Name Statistics demography

Jigme earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.79% less than the national average, earning $42,375 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jigmed91719/
Jigmet91633/
Jigmee9160/
Jigmey9124/
Jigmie912/
Jhigme911/
Igme8996/
Jingmei839/
Jigmeet835/
Jaigmed831/
Zigme8010/
Jigmi808/
Ingme804/
Sigme804/
Yigme803/
Gigme802/
Igmes801/
Jgmed801/
Jaigm801/
Jigma801/
Igm75309/
Jgm7515/
Ighmer73222/
Jigmid73157/
Eighme73125/
Jigmit7367/
Yigeme7321/
Gigmet7316/
Yingme7314/
Gigmes733/
Chigme733/
Jägmer732/
Higmet732/
Aigmer731/
Sigmey731/
Djegme731/
Eigmer731/
Jigmay731/
Zigmer730/
Higmey730/
Eighmey67480/
Igma67191/
Egme67145/
Jgmy6787/
Eighmie6757/
Yingmei6717/
Igmi6711/
Chingme679/
Ingm677/
Ihgm676/
Zeighme674/
Yingmee674/
Aigm674/
Ajgm672/
Jgmh672/
Jgma672/
Eighmei671/
Sigm671/
Chigmed671/
Aingmea671/
Isgm671/
Jcgm671/
Jgem671/
Jggm671/
Jgmj671/
Jingmai671/
Icgm671/
Ighm671/
Igmd671/
Igmt671/
Highmey670/
Eighmer670/

Jigme Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Jigme in the Tibetan language
འཇིགས་མེད་jikme75.79
འཇིགས་མེད།jikme17.39
འཇིག་མེད་jikmé2.37
འཛིགས་མེད་dzikmé1.01
འཇིགས་མིད་jikmi0.96
འཇིགས་མེདjikme0.45
འཇིག་མེད།jikmé0.4
འཇིགས་མེད་།jikme0.32
འཇིགས་མིད།jikmi0.21
འཛིགས་མེད།dzikmé0.13
འཇིགས་jik0.11
འཇིགས་མེན་jikmen0.05
འཛིགས་མིག་dzikmik0.03
འཇཔགས་མེད་japakmé0.03
འཇིགས་བེད་jikbé0.03
འཇིངས་མེད་jingmé0.03
ཇིགས་མེད་jikmé0.03
ཨྱོན་yön0.03
འཇིག་མེད་་jikmé0.03
འཇིགས་སེད་jiksé0.03
འཇྀགས་མེད་j-ikmé0.03
འཇགས་མེད།jakmé0.03
འཇིགས་་མེད་jikmé0.03
འཇིགས་མེད་་jikme0.03
འཇིགཨ་མེད་jigamé0.03
འཇིགས་མེནད་jikmen0.03
འཇིམས་མེད་jimmé0.03
འཆི་མེད།chimé0.03
འཇིགཧ་མེད་jighamé0.03
འཇིག་མེདjikmé0.03
འཇིགས་མི།jikmi0.03
འཇིནས་མེད་jinéme0.03
འཆི་མེད་chimé0.03
འཇིགམ་མེད་jigammé0.03
འཇིགསམེད་jigsamé0.03
འཛིགས་མིད་dzikmi0.03
འཇིཁས་མེད་jikhéme0.03
འཇིགས་མི་jikmi0.03
འཇིངས་མེད།jingmé0.03
པདྨ་pema0.03
འཇིགས་མེjikmé0.03
འཇིགས།jik0.03
Jigme in the Hindi language
जीगमेjigame33.33
जिग्मेjigme33.33
जिग्मीjigmi33.33

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