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Where Does The Last Name Zhigan Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Zhigan (Russian: Жиган) is found most frequently in Russia. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Zhigan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Zhigan? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name is the 552,857^th most frequently held family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 12,630,062 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 69 percent of Zhigan live; 69 percent live in Eastern Europe and 67 percent live in East Slavic Europe. Zhigan is also the 47,907^th most commonly held forename at a global level. It is borne by 14,303 people.

The last name Zhigan is most frequently used in Russia, where it is borne by 502 people, or 1 in 287,098. In Russia Zhigan is mostly found in: Moscow, where 16 percent live, Irkutsk Oblast, where 12 percent live and Krasnodar Krai, where 6 percent live. Outside of Russia this last name exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Belarus, where 6 percent live and Kazakhstan, where 3 percent live.

Zhigan Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Orthodox (81%) in Russia, Orthodox (80%) in Belarus and Orthodox (77%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Zhigan last name are 0.74% more likely to be registered United Russias than the national average, with 46.03% being registered to vote for the party.