Nige Surname
Approximately 208 people bear this surname
Nige Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 87 | 1:93,721 | 12,528 |
| Nigeria | 85 | 1:2,084,032 | 72,421 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Nige (861) may also be a first name.
Nige Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nige Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nige (Hindi: निगे, Oriya: ନିେଗ) has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nige? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,152,132nd most frequent family name globally It is held by around 1 in 35,036,278 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 47 percent of Nige are found; 43 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 42 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Nige is also the 277,461st most commonly held first name worldwide, borne by 861 people.
Nige is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 87 people, or 1 in 93,721. In Papua New Guinea Nige is primarily concentrated in: Chimbu, where 48 percent live, Southern Highlands, where 30 percent live and National Capital District, where 11 percent live. Aside from Papua New Guinea it occurs in 16 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 41 percent live and India, where 3 percent live.
Nige Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Nige has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Nige last name expanded 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nige Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nige in the Hindi language | ||
| निगे | nige | - |
| Nige in the Oriya language | ||
| ନିେଗ | niega | - |
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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 Nige
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