Kaigama Surname
Approximately 7,575 people bear this surname
Kaigama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4,367 | 1:40,564 | 3,231 |
| Cameroon | 1,817 | 1:11,430 | 1,551 |
| Niger | 896 | 1:21,420 | 1,325 |
| Chad | 481 | 1:28,258 | 3,335 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
The alternate forms: Kaïgama (9) & Kaîgama (5) are calculated separately.
Kaigama (4,397) may also be a first name.
Kaigama Demographics
Kaigama Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Kaigama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kaigama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kaigama occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Kaïgama or Kaîgama. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaigama? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kaigama is the 65,876th most numerous surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 962,052 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kaigama live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 58 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kaigama is also the 104,027th most prevalent first name worldwide. It is borne by 4,397 people.
Kaigama is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 4,367 people, or 1 in 40,564. In Nigeria Kaigama is primarily found in: Yobe, where 26 percent live, Borno, where 23 percent live and Taraba, where 20 percent live. Apart from Nigeria Kaigama exists in 12 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 24 percent live and Niger, where 12 percent live.
Kaigama Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally Muslim (83%) in Nigeria.
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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 Kaigama
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