Sigunu Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Sigunu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sigunu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Sigunu (11) may also be a first name.

Sigunu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sigunu Come From? nationality or country of origin

Sigunu (Oriya: ଶିଗୁନୁ) is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Sigunu.

How Common Is The Last Name Sigunu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sigunu is the 4,908,606th most frequent surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 63 percent of Sigunu reside; 63 percent reside in Southern Africa and 63 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 11 people.

The surname is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 5,417,770. In South Africa Sigunu is mostly found in: Eastern Cape, where 80 percent reside and Western Cape, where 20 percent reside. Not including South Africa this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 31 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent reside.

Sigunu Last Name Statistics demography

Sigunu earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 88.83% less than the national average, earning R 26,544 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sigungu9220/
Saigunu927/
Jigunu835/
Siginu833/
Segunuu773/
Segungu773/
Shegunu771/
Segounou717/
Sieghoumnou711/
Gigounoux6713/
Zegunu672/
Siginou621/
Segunoe621/
Shegonu621/
Sighonou571/

Sigunu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sigunu in the Oriya language
ଶିଗୁନୁsigunu-

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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 Sigunu
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis