Zigau Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Zigau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 44 | 1:4,025,972 | 113,480 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
Zigau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zigau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zigau is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zigau? popularity and diffusion
The last name Zigau is the 2,843,861st most commonly held last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Zigau live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Zigau is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 44 people, or 1 in 4,025,972. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Jigawa, where 84 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 11 percent live and Bauchi, where 2 percent live. Apart from Nigeria it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Niger, where 6 percent live.
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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 Zigau
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