Shighi Surname
Approximately 164 people bear this surname
Shighi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 156 | 1:296,025 | 18,882 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Shighi (12) may also be a first name.
Shighi Demographics
Shighi Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Shighi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shighi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shighi occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shighi? popularity and diffusion
Shighi is the 1,353,468th most numerous surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 44,436,256 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Shighi live; 95 percent live in East Africa and 95 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Shighi is also the 3,306,491st most widely held first name worldwide, borne by 12 people.
It is most frequent in Kenya, where it is held by 156 people, or 1 in 296,025. In Kenya Shighi is most numerous in: Taita Taveta County, where 98 percent live, Kakamega County, where 1 percent live and Mombasa County, where 1 percent live. Barring Kenya it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 2 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.
Shighi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Shighi
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