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
Seigha (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻴﻚ) is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Seïgha. Click here to see other possible spellings of Seigha.
How Common Is The Last Name Seigha? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 397,886th most frequently held family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 8,234,515 people. The surname Seigha occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Seigha reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 213,150th most common first name world-wide. It is borne by 1,354 people.
The last name Seigha is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 859 people, or 1 in 206,220. In Nigeria Seigha is mostly found in: Bayelsa, where 78 percent live, Delta, where 15 percent live and Rivers, where 3 percent live. Not including Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 3 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
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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