Kigi Surname
Approximately 136 people bear this surname
Kigi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 74 | 1:110,185 | 14,934 |
| Indonesia | 26 | 1:5,086,507 | 239,866 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| Solomon Islands | 7 | 1:82,861 | 15,196 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
Kigi (864) may also be a first name.
Kigi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kigi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kigi (Russian: Киги) is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kigi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,527,735th most widely held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 53,584,896 people. Kigi occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 60 percent of Kigi reside; 60 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 55 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 276,958th most commonly occurring first name on earth, borne by 864 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 74 people, or 1 in 110,185. In Papua New Guinea Kigi is mostly found in: Southern Highlands, where 69 percent live, Eastern Highlands, where 19 percent live and Enga, where 4 percent live. Outside of Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 19 percent live and Tanzania, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kigi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kigi in the Russian language | ||
| Киги | kigi | - |
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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
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- 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 Kigi
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