Sighen Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Sighen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 15 | 1:1,384,605 | 80,726 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
Sighen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sighen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sighen is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sighen? popularity and diffusion
Sighen is the 4,772,636th most prevalent surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Sighen are found; 88 percent are found in Central Africa and 88 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 1,384,605. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: West Region, where 80 percent are found and Northwest Region, where 13 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon Sighen exists in one country. It is also found in India, where 12 percent are found.
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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 Sighen
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