Zige Surname
Approximately 403 people bear this surname
Zige Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 323 | 1:548,430 | 26,767 |
| India | 36 | 1:21,307,372 | 304,812 |
| Papua New Guinea | 23 | 1:354,509 | 47,011 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Zige (99) may also be a first name.
Zige Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zige Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zige (Russian: Зиге) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zige? popularity and diffusion
It is the 722,496th most commonly used last name on earth, held by around 1 in 18,083,240 people. The surname Zige is primarily found in Africa, where 84 percent of Zige live; 80 percent live in West Africa and 80 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Zige is also the 951,070th most frequent forename on earth, borne by 99 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 323 people, or 1 in 548,430. In Nigeria Zige is primarily found in: Bayelsa, where 95 percent live, Borno, where 2 percent live and Rivers, where 2 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria it is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in India, where 9 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zige Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zige in the Russian language | ||
| Зиге | zige | - |
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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 Zige
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