Pigh Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Pigh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Pigh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pigh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pigh occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pigh? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,772,636th most commonly held surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. Pigh occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Pigh reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 11,071,422. In Nigeria Pigh is most common in: Benue, where 81 percent are found and Ogun, where 19 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria Pigh occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 6 percent are found.
Pigh Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Pigh has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname declined 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peigh | 89 | 71 | / |
| Puigh | 89 | 12 | / |
| Phigh | 89 | 1 | / |
| Piegh | 89 | 1 | / |
| Paigh | 89 | 1 | / |
| Pig | 86 | 74 | / |
| Pheigh | 80 | 13 | / |
| Phaigh | 80 | 11 | / |
| Pishgh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Phiegh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Puig | 75 | 47,066 | / |
| Pigg | 75 | 6,761 | / |
| Paig | 75 | 463 | / |
| Peig | 75 | 456 | / |
| Piog | 75 | 170 | / |
| Pikh | 75 | 113 | / |
| Pigs | 75 | 70 | / |
| Pegh | 75 | 13 | / |
| Pihk | 75 | 9 | / |
| Poig | 75 | 9 | / |
| Phig | 75 | 5 | / |
| Pieg | 75 | 3 | / |
| Hpig | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bpig | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pygh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Picg | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pigc | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pihq | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ppig | 75 | 1 | / |
| Piqh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pigz | 75 | 0 | / |
| Peugh | 67 | 1,508 | / |
| Pigue | 67 | 726 | / |
| Poigt | 67 | 89 | / |
| Piggs | 67 | 88 | / |
| Puigt | 67 | 62 | / |
| Pishk | 67 | 41 | / |
| Pishg | 67 | 32 | / |
| Paikh | 67 | 24 | / |
| Picch | 67 | 7 | / |
| Pehgh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Puigg | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pigtd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Piegq | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pithq | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poihg | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pikhs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phikh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pithk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Piohg | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phaig | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pijjg | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pichk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pidkh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peegh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pissg | 67 | 0 | / |
| Paigg | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Pigh
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis