Vigha Surname
Approximately 213 people bear this surname
Vigha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 133 | 1:156,158 | 17,045 |
| India | 66 | 1:11,622,203 | 212,115 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
Vigha (13,627) may also be a first name.
Vigha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vigha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Vigha (Hindi: विघा, Marathi: वाघ) occurs most in Cameroon. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vigha? popularity and diffusion
The last name Vigha is the 1,133,308th most numerous surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 34,213,831 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 69 percent of Vigha are found; 62 percent are found in Central Africa and 62 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 49,618th most commonly held first name at a global level. It is borne by 13,627 people.
The surname Vigha is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is carried by 133 people, or 1 in 156,158. In Cameroon Vigha is most common in: Northwest Region, where 98 percent are found, Centre Region, where 1 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 1 percent are found. Beside Cameroon this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 31 percent are found and Nigeria, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vigha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vigha in the Hindi language | ||
| विघा | vigha | 96.14 |
| वीघा | vigha | 1.67 |
| विघ़्ा | vighaa | 1.41 |
| वि़घा | vigha | 0.33 |
| विघ्ाा | vighaa | 0.05 |
| वि़़घा | vigha | 0.05 |
| वीघ | vigha | 0.05 |
| विधा | vidha | 0.05 |
| वीधा | vidha | 0.03 |
| विभा | vibha | 0.03 |
| विघाा | vighaa | 0.03 |
| वि्घा | vigha | 0.03 |
| वि़़़़़़़घा | vigha | 0.03 |
| Vigha in the Marathi language | ||
| वाघ | vagha | 42.86 |
| वीघा | vigha | 21.43 |
| विघा | vigha | 7.14 |
| वाघरे | vaghare | 7.14 |
| वाघणे | vaghane | 7.14 |
| वैघ | vaigha | 7.14 |
| अवघड | avaghada | 7.14 |
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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 Vigha
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