Nigah Surname
Approximately 888 people bear this surname
Nigah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 587 | 1:304,334 | 6,355 |
| India | 217 | 1:3,534,864 | 100,127 |
| Canada | 29 | 1:1,270,538 | 90,455 |
| United States | 16 | 1:22,653,683 | 662,747 |
| Australia | 14 | 1:1,928,264 | 88,951 |
| Afghanistan | 12 | 1:2,679,432 | 17,028 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Nigah (1,778) may also be a first name.
Nigah Demographics
Average Nigah Salary in
United States
$52,708 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Nigah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nigah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nigah (Hindi: निगाह, Marathi: िनगाह, Oriya: ନିଗାହ୍) is more frequently found in Pakistan than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Nigah.
How Common Is The Last Name Nigah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nigah is the 396,862nd most frequent last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 8,206,696 people. The last name Nigah is mostly found in Asia, where 92 percent of Nigah are found; 92 percent are found in South Asia and 68 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Nigah is also the 181,418th most frequently held given name world-wide, held by 1,778 people.
The surname is most numerous in Pakistan, where it is borne by 587 people, or 1 in 304,334. In Pakistan it is mostly found in: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 48 percent live, Punjab, where 21 percent live and Balochistan, where 11 percent live. Barring Pakistan this last name occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in India, where 24 percent live and Canada, where 3 percent live.
Nigah Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Nigah earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 22.15% more than the national average, earning $52,708 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.66% less than the national average, earning $42,398 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nigah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nigah in the Marathi language | ||
| िनगाह | inagaha | 94.44 |
| िनगह | inagaha | 5.56 |
| Nigah in the Hindi language | ||
| निगाह | nigaha | 92.19 |
| निगह | nigaha | 6.25 |
| नीगाह | nigaha | 1.56 |
| Nigah in the Oriya language | ||
| ନିଗାହ୍ | nigah | 50 |
| ନିଗାହ | nigaha | 50 |
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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 Nigah
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