Jijiga Surname
Approximately 2,255 people bear this surname
Jijiga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 2,254 | 1:43,277 | 4,742 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Jijiga (1,504) may also be a first name.
Jijiga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jijiga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jijiga is carried by more people in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jijiga? popularity and diffusion
Jijiga is the 187,580th most numerous family name globally It is held by around 1 in 3,231,728 people. Jijiga occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Jijiga live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Jijiga is also the 200,416th most frequently held first name globally. It is borne by 1,504 people.
The last name is most frequent in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 2,254 people, or 1 in 43,277. Apart from Ethiopia this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Algeria, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Jijiga
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