Sighe Surname
Approximately 689 people bear this surname
Sighe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 612 | 1:33,936 | 4,569 |
| England | 44 | 1:1,266,320 | 57,817 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Sighe (63) may also be a first name.
Sighe Demographics
Average Sighe Salary in
United States
$35,750 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sighe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sighe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sighe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻴﻖ, Marathi: सीघे) is most common in Cameroon. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Sighe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sighe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sighe is the 483,143rd most widely held family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,576,990 people. The surname Sighe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Sighe live; 89 percent live in Central Africa and 89 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Sighe is also the 1,234,572nd most frequently occurring forename world-wide, held by 63 people.
It is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 612 people, or 1 in 33,936. In Cameroon Sighe is most prevalent in: West Region, where 43 percent reside, Centre Region, where 32 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 22 percent reside. Beside Cameroon this last name exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in England, where 6 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.
Sighe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Sighe has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 122 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Sighe Last Name Statistics demography
Sighe earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 17.15% less than the national average, earning $35,750 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sighe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sighe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻴﻖ | syq | - |
| Sighe in the Marathi language | ||
| सीघे | sighe | - |
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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 Sighe
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