Riguma Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Riguma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 11 | 1:1,744,729 | 34,351 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
Riguma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Riguma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Riguma occurs more in Niger more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Riguma click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Riguma? popularity and diffusion
Riguma is the 4,649,889th most widespread surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name Riguma occurs predominantly in Africa, where 78 percent of Riguma live; 78 percent live in West Africa and 61 percent live in Chadic Africa.
This surname is most commonly used in Niger, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 1,744,729. In Niger it is mostly concentrated in: Zinder Region, where 100 percent are found. Barring Niger this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 22 percent are found and Nigeria, where 17 percent are found.
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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 Riguma
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