Nigst Surname
Approximately 2,775 people bear this surname
Nigst Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 2,737 | 1:35,640 | 4,079 |
| Germany | 36 | 1:2,236,263 | 117,794 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
Nigst Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nigst Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nigst is borne by more people in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Nigst.
How Common Is The Last Name Nigst? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 157,600th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 2,626,143 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nigst live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa.
The surname Nigst is most commonly occurring in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 2,737 people, or 1 in 35,640. Outside of Ethiopia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 1 percent live and Austria, where 0 percent live.
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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 Nigst
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