Sigwal Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Uganda

Sigwal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sigwal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India61:127,844,230863,365
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Sigwal Last Name Facts

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

Sigwal (Hindi: सिग्वाल) occurs most in India. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Sigwal.

How Common Is The Last Name Sigwal? popularity and diffusion

Sigwal is the 6,360,413th most frequent surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname Sigwal is predominantly found in Asia, where 67 percent of Sigwal are found; 67 percent are found in South Asia and 67 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.

This surname is most commonly used in India, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 127,844,230. In India it is most frequent in: Uttarkhand, where 83 percent reside and Assam, where 17 percent reside. Without taking into account India Sigwal exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 22 percent reside and Uganda, where 11 percent reside.

Sigwal Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Sigwal has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sigwal surname grew 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sighwal925/
Saigwal924/
Sigwale921/
Sigwall920/
Seigwald861/
Sigbal8322/
Jigwal8315/
Sigual8315/
Sikwal8311/
Sigval834/
Siqwal831/
Segwal831/
Siegwaldt802/
Sikwale77366/
Segwale77290/
Sigvald7717/
Shigval777/
Cigwald777/
Shikwal776/
Sigvall774/
Sighval774/
Chigwal772/
Shegwal772/
Siguald771/
Sihgbal771/
Sigweil770/
Segwall770/
Chigwale71418/
Sigevall7110/
Sekgwale712/
Shaikwal711/
Shaikwale675/
Segual674/
Sekgwahle673/
Jigual671/
Sekwal671/

Sigwal Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sigwal in the Hindi language
सिग्वालsigvala-

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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 Sigwal
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