Sigaye Surname
Approximately 191 people bear this surname
Sigaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 190 | 1:278,640 | 21,876 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Sigaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sigaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sigaye is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sigaye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sigaye is the 1,222,957th most widespread surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 38,154,691 people. The last name Sigaye is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sigaye live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Sigaye is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 190 people, or 1 in 278,640. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Kigoma Region, where 95 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 5 percent reside and Mwanza Region, where 1 percent reside. Apart from Tanzania this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Sigaye
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