Sigam Surname
Approximately 623 people bear this surname
Sigam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 333 | 1:162,696 | 18,231 |
| India | 157 | 1:4,885,767 | 123,562 |
| Malaysia | 83 | 1:355,352 | 18,862 |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| Switzerland | 14 | 1:586,637 | 40,624 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sigam (422) may also be a first name.
Sigam Demographics
Average Sigam Salary in
South Africa
R 78,996
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Sigam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sigam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sigam (Hindi: सिगां, Marathi: िसगम, Oriya: ସିଗାମ) occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sigam? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 521,888th most frequent last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 11,697,505 people. The last name Sigam is mostly found in Africa, where 55 percent of Sigam live; 53 percent live in Southern Africa and 53 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Sigam is also the 418,267th most numerous first name internationally, borne by 422 people.
The surname Sigam is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is borne by 333 people, or 1 in 162,696. In South Africa Sigam is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 47 percent are found, Western Cape, where 29 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account South Africa Sigam occurs in 15 countries. It also occurs in India, where 25 percent are found and Malaysia, where 13 percent are found.
Sigam Last Name Statistics demography
Sigam earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 66.76% less than the national average, earning R 78,996 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sigam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sigam in the Marathi language | ||
| िसगम | isagama | - |
| Sigam in the Oriya language | ||
| ସିଗାମ | sigama | 50 |
| ଶିଗମ | sigama | 50 |
| Sigam in the Hindi language | ||
| सिगां | sigam | 38.89 |
| सिगम | sigama | 27.78 |
| सी्गं | sigam | 16.67 |
| सीगम | sigama | 5.56 |
| सीगाम | sigama | 5.56 |
| सीगां | sigam | 5.56 |
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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 Sigam
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