Shighe Surname
Approximately 143 people bear this surname
Shighe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 132 | 1:1,341,991 | 52,761 |
| Iran | 7 | 1:10,968,932 | 186,522 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
Shighe (20) may also be a first name.
Shighe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shighe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shighe (Marathi: िशघे) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shighe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,478,479th most widely held family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 50,961,860 people. Shighe occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Shighe are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Shighe is also the 2,446,817th most commonly held first name on earth. It is borne by 20 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 132 people, or 1 in 1,341,991. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Benue, where 83 percent are found, Niger, where 9 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 4 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 5 percent are found and India, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shighe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shighe in the Marathi language | ||
| िशघे | isaghe | - |
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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 Shighe
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