Kigha Surname
Approximately 490 people bear this surname
Kigha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 469 | 1:44,284 | 5,833 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Kigha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kigha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kigha is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kigha? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kigha is the 625,459th most frequently held surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 14,872,543 people. The surname Kigha occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kigha reside; 91 percent reside in Central Africa and 91 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
It is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 469 people, or 1 in 44,284. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Northwest Region, where 79 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 6 percent reside and Centre Region, where 4 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 2 percent reside and Uganda, where 1 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 Kigha
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