Niggs Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Israel
Highest density in:
Israel

Niggs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Niggs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Israel81:1,069,70462,476
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Niggs Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Niggs Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Niggs occurs in Israel more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Niggs? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,812,366th most common surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name Niggs occurs predominantly in Asia, where 73 percent of Niggs live; 73 percent live in West Asia and 73 percent live in Judeo-West Asia.

This surname is most widespread in Israel, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 1,069,704. In Israel Niggs is most prevalent in: Central District, where 50 percent reside, Haifa District, where 25 percent reside and Southern District, where 25 percent reside. Outside of Israel Niggs occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 18 percent reside and Liberia, where 9 percent reside.

Niggs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Niggs has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Niggs surname expanded 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gniggs911/
Nigg892,931/
Nigs8935/
Nigst802,775/
Neggs806/
Nigsh804/
Niggh801/
Ngigs801/
Nigse801/
Neigs801/
Neigg801/
Nig75372/
Nigsch73565/
Niegsz731/
Niegsh731/
Nigh672,852/
Naig672,587/
Niks671,036/
Niog67888/
Niegsch67230/
Neig6735/
Ngig6715/
Nieg6715/
Nixs6712/
Ngeg6711/
Negg675/
Noig675/
Nigt674/
Nugs673/
Hnig672/
Neigsch672/
Njgg672/
Nikg671/
Nhgs671/
Nigz671/
Njgs671/
Niqs671/
Nygs671/
Nygg671/
Nigc671/
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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 Niggs
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