Zigure Surname
Approximately 306 people bear this surname
Zigure Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 297 | 1:6,903 | 960 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
The alternate forms: Zîgure (1), Žigure (1) & Žīgure (7) are calculated separately.
Zigure Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zigure Come From? nationality or country of origin
Zigure (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺯﻛﺮ) is found most frequently in Latvia. It can also be rendered as a variant: Zîgure, Žigure or Žīgure. Click here for other potential spellings of Zigure.
How Common Is The Last Name Zigure? popularity and diffusion
It is the 881,213th most frequently occurring last name in the world, held by around 1 in 23,815,510 people. The surname Zigure occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Zigure are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 97 percent are found in Baltic Europe.
This last name is most prevalent in Latvia, where it is held by 297 people, or 1 in 6,903. In Latvia Zigure is most common in: Riga Planning Region, where 43 percent reside, Vidzeme, where 24 percent reside and Latgale, where 20 percent reside. Not including Latvia this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 1 percent reside and Finland, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zigure Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zigure in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺯﻛﺮ | zkr | - |
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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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- 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 Zigure
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