Sighan Surname
Approximately 71 people bear this surname
Sighan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 35 | 1:21,916,154 | 310,282 |
| Cameroon | 30 | 1:692,302 | 50,404 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Sighan (221) may also be a first name.
Sighan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sighan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sighan (Hindi: सिघां, Marathi: िसघन, Oriya: ସିଘଂ) is more commonly found in India than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sighan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,255,512th most frequently used last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 102,641,492 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 51 percent of Sighan reside; 49 percent reside in South Asia and 49 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Sighan is also the 606,684th most frequently occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 221 people.
The last name Sighan is most frequently occurring in India, where it is carried by 35 people, or 1 in 21,916,154. In India Sighan is primarily found in: Maharashtra, where 51 percent are found, Odisha, where 17 percent are found and Bihar, where 14 percent are found. Besides India this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 42 percent are found and Nigeria, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sighan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sighan in the Marathi language | ||
| िसघन | isaghana | 72.73 |
| िसघण | isaghana | 18.18 |
| िसघंण | isaghanna | 9.09 |
| Sighan in the Oriya language | ||
| ସିଘଂ | sigham | 55.56 |
| ସିଘାଂ | sigham | 22.22 |
| ଶିଘଂ | sigham | 22.22 |
| Sighan in the Hindi language | ||
| सिघां | sigham | 46.15 |
| सिघन | sighana | 23.08 |
| सिघं | sigham | 15.38 |
| सीघान | sighana | 7.69 |
| सीघां | sigham | 7.69 |
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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 Sighan
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