Sigasa Surname

175,316th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,444 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Sigasa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sigasa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2,4301:22,2952,820
Turkey91:8,646,825130,497
England21:27,859,030389,889
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Sigasa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sigasa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Sigasa (Oriya: ସିଗାସା) is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Sigasa.

How Common Is The Last Name Sigasa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 175,316th most common surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 2,981,811 people. The last name Sigasa is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Sigasa reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

It is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 2,430 people, or 1 in 22,295. In South Africa Sigasa is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 52 percent live, Free State, where 18 percent live and Mpumalanga, where 14 percent live. Barring South Africa this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Turkey, where 0 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Sigasa Last Name Statistics demography

Sigasa earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 30.3% less than the national average, earning R 165,636 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sigasha925/
Seigasa922/
Sigatsha862/
Shigasia861/
Shingasa861/
Sigosa83118/
Sigaza8395/
Segasa8322/
Sigase8313/
Sigesa835/
Sigasi832/
Sigaso832/
Sigaca832/
Cigasa831/
Gigasa831/
Sigaxa831/
Chigasa77241/
Shigasi7713/
Shegasa777/
Sigasoo772/
Sigasis771/
Sigacha771/
Segasad771/
Sigatsi771/
Saigosa771/
Chigasha7125/
Sigatshi719/
Shigashi715/
Shingosa711/
Sighajai711/
Sighajay711/
Shigaase711/
Shingase711/
Chigatsa711/
Seghasha711/
Segesa67268/
Segaza6769/
Sigazi6710/
Gegasa679/
Sigoso675/
Sigoxa675/
Sigeza673/
Segase673/
Gigosa673/
Sigoza672/
Sigazo672/
Sigeso671/
Zigaca671/
Zigasi671/
Zigaza671/
Sekgaitsa671/
Segaca671/
Sigajo671/
Jigaza671/
Shegashau671/
Shingashe671/
Segaxa671/
Jigosa671/
Xigasi671/

Sigasa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sigasa in the Oriya language
ସିଗାସାsigasa-

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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 Sigasa
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