Shigay Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Shigay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 20 | 1:7,206,153 | 275,629 |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 1:3,536,499 | 118,599 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 1:2,986,327 | 84,533 |
Shigay Demographics
Shigay Religious Adherence
in Ukraine
Religious Adherence
in Ukraine
Shigay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shigay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shigay (Russian: Шигай) occurs most in Russia. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Shigay click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shigay? popularity and diffusion
Shigay is the 3,798,600th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 59 percent of Shigay reside; 41 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 41 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.
It is most frequently held in Russia, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 7,206,153. In Russia Shigay is most prevalent in: Krasnoyarsk Krai, where 35 percent reside, Komi Republic, where 30 percent reside and Moscow, where 10 percent reside. Outside of Russia it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Kazakhstan, where 19 percent reside and Kyrgyzstan, where 7 percent reside.
Shigay Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is primarily Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shigay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shigay in the Russian language | ||
| Шигай | sigaj | - |
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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 Shigay
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