Sign Surname
Approximately 600 people bear this surname
Sign Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 261 | 1:59,150 | 8,968 |
| Malawi | 183 | 1:93,547 | 11,397 |
| India | 88 | 1:8,716,652 | 177,764 |
| England | 21 | 1:2,653,241 | 94,788 |
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Italy | 10 | 1:6,115,669 | 111,715 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 9 | 1:2,708,374 | 73,770 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 26 | 1:1,931,488 | 97,398 |
Sign (1,960) may also be a first name.
Sign Demographics
Average Sign Salary in
England
£24,062
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Sign Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sign Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sign (Hindi: सिंह, Russian: Сигн) is most common in Zimbabwe. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sign? popularity and diffusion
Sign is the 536,820th most frequent last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 12,145,910 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 79 percent of Sign live; 75 percent live in Southern Africa and 75 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Sign is also the 171,194th most prevalent given name globally, held by 1,960 people.
This surname is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 261 people, or 1 in 59,150. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 28 percent are found, Harare Province, where 27 percent are found and Manicaland Province, where 18 percent are found. Without taking into account Zimbabwe this last name exists in 14 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 31 percent are found and India, where 15 percent are found.
Sign Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Sign has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Sign last name rose 233 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sign Last Name Statistics demography
Sign earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 70.46% less than the national average, earning R 70,188 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sign Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sign in the Hindi language | ||
| सिंह | sinha | - |
| Sign in the Russian language | ||
| Сигн | sign | - |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Sign
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis