Zigi Surname
Approximately 446 people bear this surname
Zigi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Israel | 326 | 1:26,250 | 3,840 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Russia | 24 | 1:6,005,127 | 248,576 |
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
The alternate forms: Žigi (3) are calculated separately.
Zigi (257) may also be a first name.
Zigi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zigi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Zigi (Russian: Зиги) is carried by more people in Israel than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: Žigi. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zigi? popularity and diffusion
Zigi is the 670,508th most frequently used surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 16,339,789 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 76 percent of Zigi reside; 73 percent reside in West Asia and 73 percent reside in Judeo-West Asia. Zigi is also the 555,528th most frequently occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 257 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Israel, where it is held by 326 people, or 1 in 26,250. In Israel Zigi is mostly concentrated in: Central District, where 46 percent are found, Southern District, where 26 percent are found and Northern District, where 11 percent are found. Excluding Israel it is found in 22 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 9 percent are found and Russia, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zigi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zigi in the Russian language | ||
| Зиги | zigi | - |
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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 Zigi
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