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) occurs in Israel more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Žigi. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zigi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 670,508th most prevalent last name in the world, held by around 1 in 16,339,789 people. Zigi occurs predominantly in Asia, where 76 percent of Zigi reside; 73 percent reside in West Asia and 73 percent reside in Judeo-West Asia. It is also the 555,528th most frequent given name worldwide, held by 257 people.
The surname Zigi is most numerous in Israel, where it is held by 326 people, or 1 in 26,250. In Israel Zigi is primarily found in: Central District, where 46 percent live, Southern District, where 26 percent live and Northern District, where 11 percent live. Barring Israel this last name is found in 22 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 9 percent live and Russia, where 5 percent live.
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
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- 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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