Seigha Surname
Approximately 885 people bear this surname
Seigha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 859 | 1:206,220 | 12,296 |
| Mauritania | 25 | 1:163,795 | 8,806 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
The alternate forms: Seïgha (1) are calculated separately.
Seigha (1,354) may also be a first name.
Seigha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seigha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Seigha (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻴﻚ) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant: Seïgha. For other potential spellings of Seigha click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Seigha? popularity and diffusion
Seigha is the 397,886th most frequently used last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 8,234,515 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Seigha live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Seigha is also the 213,150th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, held by 1,354 people.
It is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 859 people, or 1 in 206,220. In Nigeria Seigha is primarily found in: Bayelsa, where 78 percent reside, Delta, where 15 percent reside and Rivers, where 3 percent reside. Not including Nigeria Seigha is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 3 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Seigha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Seigha in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻴﻚ | syk | 55.56 |
| ﺳﻴﻜﻪ | sykh | 27.78 |
| ﺳﻴﻘﺔ | syqt | 5.56 |
| ﺳﻴﻖ | syq | 5.56 |
| ﺳﻴﻜﺎ | syka | 5.56 |
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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 Seigha
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