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 or territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Zige.
How Common Is The Last Name Zige? popularity and diffusion
Zige is the 722,496th most common last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,083,240 people. The surname Zige is primarily found in Africa, where 84 percent of Zige are found; 80 percent are found in West Africa and 80 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 951,070th most widely held given name world-wide, held by 99 people.
The last name Zige is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 323 people, or 1 in 548,430. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 95 percent reside, Borno, where 2 percent reside and Rivers, where 2 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria Zige is found in 11 countries. It is also common in India, where 9 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent reside.
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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