Zhigai Surname
Approximately 107 people bear this surname
Zhigai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abkhazia | 105 | 1:2,313 | 542 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Zhigai (455) may also be a first name.
Zhigai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zhigai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Zhigai (Georgian: ჟიგაი) is held by more people in Abkhazia than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zhigai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,775,494th most frequent family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 68,107,906 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Zhigai are found; 98 percent are found in West Asia and 98 percent are found in Abkhazo-West Asia. It is also the 400,634th most frequently used forename at a global level, held by 455 people.
The last name is most numerous in Abkhazia, where it is carried by 105 people, or 1 in 2,313. In Abkhazia Zhigai is most common in: Gali District, where 70 percent reside, Sukhumi District, where 15 percent reside and Ochamchira District, where 12 percent reside. Not including Abkhazia this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 1 percent reside and China, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zhigai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zhigai in the Georgian language | ||
| ჟიგაი | zhigai | - |
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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 Zhigai
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