Sigau Surname
Approximately 621 people bear this surname
Sigau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 547 | 1:53,920 | 4,182 |
| Indonesia | 58 | 1:2,280,159 | 138,233 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Sigau (129) may also be a first name.
Sigau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sigau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sigau (Hindi: सिगाऊ) is found in Malaysia more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sigau? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 523,160th most common surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 11,735,179 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Sigau live; 97 percent live in Southeast Asia and 97 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 818,356th most prevalent forename world-wide. It is borne by 129 people.
This surname is most numerous in Malaysia, where it is borne by 547 people, or 1 in 53,920. In Malaysia Sigau is most common in: Sarawak, where 95 percent reside, Kuala Lumpur, where 2 percent reside and Labuan, where 1 percent reside. Without taking into account Malaysia this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 9 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sigau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sigau in the Hindi language | ||
| सिगाऊ | siga'u | 25 |
| सिगाउ | siga'u | 25 |
| सिगऊ | siga'u | 25 |
| सिगउ | siga'u | 25 |
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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 Sigau
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