Rigege Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Rigege Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rigege Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa161:3,386,106119,139
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Rigege Last Name Facts

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

Rigege is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Rigege click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rigege? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,649,889th most commonly used surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The surname Rigege occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Rigege live; 89 percent live in Southern Africa and 89 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 3,386,106. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Gauteng, where 50 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 44 percent live and Western Cape, where 6 percent live. Other than South Africa this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 6 percent live and Nigeria, where 6 percent live.

Rigege Last Name Statistics demography

Rigege earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 74.08% less than the national average, earning R 61,584 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rugege833,766/
Rizege834/
Reguege771/
Riguese771/
Rigueje771/
Reiseger716/
Regeza67152/
Rezige67112/
Regeci6742/
Regice678/
Regige675/
Rezege674/
Regese672/
Regezi672/
Riceze671/
Rizige671/
Ricece670/

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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 Rigege
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