Jigui Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Jigui Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 10 | 1:409,486 | 16,302 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
Jigui (148) may also be a first name.
Jigui Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jigui Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jigui (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﻴﻜﻲ) occurs most in Mauritania. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Jigui.
How Common Is The Last Name Jigui? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,532,898th most frequently used family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. Jigui occurs mostly in Africa, where 84 percent of Jigui live; 84 percent live in West Africa and 53 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Jigui is also the 757,758th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 148 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Mauritania, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 409,486. In Mauritania it is most numerous in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 90 percent reside and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 10 percent reside. Excluding Mauritania Jigui exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 26 percent reside and The United States, where 11 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jigui Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jigui in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺟﻴﻜﻲ | jyky | - |
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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 Jigui
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