Righa Surname
Approximately 2,208 people bear this surname
Righa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 2,152 | 1:21,459 | 2,461 |
| Indonesia | 21 | 1:6,297,581 | 275,398 |
| Algeria | 13 | 1:2,971,658 | 45,332 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Righa (584) may also be a first name.
Righa Demographics
Average Righa Salary in
United States
$45,375 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Righa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Righa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Righa (Hindi: रिघा, Oriya: ରିଘା) is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Righa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 190,963rd most frequently held last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 3,300,519 people. The surname Righa is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Righa live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Righa is also the 346,315th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 584 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 2,152 people, or 1 in 21,459. In Kenya Righa is mostly concentrated in: Taita Taveta County, where 61 percent are found, Mombasa County, where 25 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 13 percent are found. Barring Kenya it exists in 13 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 1 percent are found and Algeria, where 1 percent are found.
Righa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Righa earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 5.16% more than the national average, earning $45,375 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Righa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Righa in the Hindi language | ||
| रिघा | righa | 73.08 |
| रीघा | righa | 23.08 |
| रिचा | rica | 3.85 |
| Righa in the Oriya language | ||
| ରିଘା | righa | 66.67 |
| ରିଘ | righa | 33.33 |
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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 Righa
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