Vhiga Surname
Approximately 154 people bear this surname
Vhiga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 153 | 1:100,904 | 14,195 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Vhiga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vhiga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Vhiga (Marathi: हीगा) is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Vhiga.
How Common Is The Last Name Vhiga? popularity and diffusion
The last name Vhiga is the 1,409,418th most frequently used family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 47,321,727 people. Vhiga is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Vhiga reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 153 people, or 1 in 100,904. In Zimbabwe Vhiga is mostly concentrated in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 80 percent are found, Mashonaland West Province, where 11 percent are found and Mashonaland East Province, where 8 percent are found. Besides Zimbabwe this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vhiga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vhiga in the Marathi language | ||
| हीगा | higa | - |
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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 Vhiga
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