Rigama Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Rigama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rigama Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea191:429,14355,452
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Rigama (15) may also be a first name.

Rigama Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rigama is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Rigama.

How Common Is The Last Name Rigama? popularity and diffusion

Rigama is the 4,427,875th most widely held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. Rigama occurs mostly in Oceania, where 95 percent of Rigama live; 95 percent live in Oceania Islands and 95 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Rigama is also the 2,900,335th most frequently used forename worldwide It is held by 15 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 429,143. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: Bougainville, where 100 percent live. Outside of Papua New Guinea it is found in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Raigama927/
Rigamat927/
Rigaima926/
Rugama8318,594/
Regama8324/
Rigame835/
Rigami834/
Rigoma833/
Rigema832/
Rigamer7757/
Regamma7715/
Rugamma777/
Raigami774/
Rugaama774/
Riggame771/
Righami771/
Reygamma711/
Raighami711/
Rugema6710,194/
Regami671,154/
Regoma67149/
Rugoma6725/
Rigemo675/
Regamy673/
Regame672/
Régéma672/
Règami671/
Regema671/
Rigome671/
Regamo671/
Rheingame670/

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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 Rigama
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