Sigah Surname
Approximately 535 people bear this surname
Sigah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 289 | 1:612,951 | 29,166 |
| Malaysia | 190 | 1:155,233 | 9,646 |
| Liberia | 26 | 1:169,559 | 11,793 |
| Cameroon | 17 | 1:1,221,710 | 73,195 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Sigah (37) may also be a first name.
Sigah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sigah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sigah (Hindi: शिग़ः, Marathi: िसगाह) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sigah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 585,091st most commonly used last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 13,621,581 people. The surname Sigah occurs mostly in Africa, where 63 percent of Sigah live; 59 percent live in West Africa and 54 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sigah is also the 1,688,769th most frequently occurring forename on earth It is held by 37 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 289 people, or 1 in 612,951. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Bayelsa, where 92 percent reside, Rivers, where 7 percent reside and Adamawa, where 0 percent reside. Beside Nigeria Sigah occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 36 percent reside and Liberia, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sigah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sigah in the Hindi language | ||
| शिग़ः | sigah | - |
| Sigah in the Marathi language | ||
| िसगाह | isagaha | - |
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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 Sigah
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