Shiga Surname
Approximately 38,560 people bear this surname
Shiga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 36,436 | 1:3,509 | 591 |
| India | 1,092 | 1:702,441 | 32,573 |
| Brazil | 296 | 1:723,224 | 26,468 |
| Nigeria | 285 | 1:621,554 | 29,491 |
| United States | 153 | 1:2,369,013 | 146,433 |
| Tanzania | 57 | 1:928,800 | 44,452 |
| Russia | 39 | 1:3,695,463 | 185,353 |
| Thailand | 39 | 1:1,811,240 | 225,763 |
| Latvia | 33 | 1:62,123 | 9,312 |
| Canada | 30 | 1:1,228,186 | 88,140 |
| Indonesia | 27 | 1:4,898,118 | 234,077 |
| Peru | 14 | 1:2,270,294 | 26,427 |
| Philippines | 10 | 1:10,123,822 | 213,993 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Palau | 1 | 1:21,643 | 223 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
Shiga (604) may also be a first name.
Shiga Demographics
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Shiga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shiga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shiga (Arabic: شيجا, Hindi: शीगा, Russian: Шига) is most common in Japan. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shiga? popularity and diffusion
Shiga is the 14,462nd most frequently held family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 188,992 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Shiga are found; 95 percent are found in East Asia and 94 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. Shiga is also the 340,092nd most frequently used first name globally, borne by 604 people.
This surname is most widely held in Japan, where it is carried by 36,436 people, or 1 in 3,509. In Japan it is mostly concentrated in: Fukushima Prefecture, where 16 percent live, Tokyo Metropolis, where 13 percent live and Kanagawa Prefecture, where 8 percent live. Not including Japan this surname exists in 38 countries. It is also common in India, where 3 percent live and Brazil, where 1 percent live.
Shiga Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Shiga last name are 8.84% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 62.07% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Shiga earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 63.91% more than the national average, earning S/. 31,774 per year; in United States they earn 7.22% more than the national average, earning $46,265 USD per year and in Canada they earn 30.89% more than the national average, earning $65,032 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shiga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shiga in the Hindi language | ||
| शीगा | siga | 85.71 |
| सिह | siha | 14.29 |
| Shiga in the Russian language | ||
| Шига | siga | - |
| Shiga in the Arabic language | ||
| شيجا | shyja | - |
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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 Shiga
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