Zhigalo Surname

328,558th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,129 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belarus
Highest density in:
Belarus

Zhigalo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zhigalo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belarus5671:16,7572,731
Russia5201:277,16028,792
Kazakhstan381:465,32934,912
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Zhigalo (19) may also be a first name.

Zhigalo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Zhigalo (Russian: Жигало) is borne by more people in Belarus than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Zhigalo? popularity and diffusion

Zhigalo is the 328,558th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 6,454,868 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 82 percent of Zhigalo live; 82 percent live in Eastern Europe and 82 percent live in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 2,523,061st most widely held first name globally. It is borne by 19 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Belarus, where it is held by 567 people, or 1 in 16,757. In Belarus Zhigalo is mostly concentrated in: Grodno Region, where 39 percent reside, Mogilev Region, where 14 percent reside and Minsk, where 14 percent reside. Aside from Belarus Zhigalo is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 46 percent reside and Kazakhstan, where 3 percent reside.

Zhigalo Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Zhigalo last name is principally Orthodox (86%) in Russia, Orthodox (91%) in Belarus, Orthodox (75%) in Kazakhstan and Orthodox (67%) in Ukraine.

In The United States Zhigalo are 0.94% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 45.83% being registered to vote for the political party.

Phonetically Similar Names

Zhigalo Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Zhigalo in the Russian language
Жигалоzigalo-

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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 Zhigalo
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