Nigera Surname
Approximately 236 people bear this surname
Nigera Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 221 | 1:239,555 | 19,542 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Nigera (58) may also be a first name.
Nigera Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nigera Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nigera (Russian: Нигера) is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nigera? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,058,336th most frequently used surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 30,879,432 people. The last name Nigera is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Nigera are found; 94 percent are found in East Africa and 94 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Nigera is also the 1,295,729th most widely held first name globally, held by 58 people.
The last name Nigera is most common in Tanzania, where it is carried by 221 people, or 1 in 239,555. In Tanzania Nigera is most numerous in: Ruvuma Region, where 69 percent live, Mbeya Region, where 29 percent live and Kilimanjaro Region, where 2 percent live. Besides Tanzania it exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 2 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nigera Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nigera in the Russian language | ||
| Нигера | nigera | - |
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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 Nigera
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