Zigurs Surname

1,136,896th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 212 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Zigurs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zigurs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia1761:11,6481,730
United States281:12,944,962483,512
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
England21:27,859,030389,889
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

The alternate forms: Žigurs (8) & Žīgurs (4) are calculated separately.

Zigurs Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Zigurs Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Zigurs is borne by more people in Latvia than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Žigurs or Žīgurs. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Zigurs? popularity and diffusion

The surname Zigurs is the 1,136,896th most commonly held last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 34,375,217 people. The surname Zigurs is predominantly found in Europe, where 86 percent of Zigurs are found; 86 percent are found in Northern Europe and 83 percent are found in Baltic Europe.

The surname Zigurs is most frequently held in Latvia, where it is carried by 176 people, or 1 in 11,648. In Latvia Zigurs is most frequent in: Riga Planning Region, where 36 percent live, Latgale, where 25 percent live and Vidzeme, where 21 percent live. Apart from Latvia it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 13 percent live and Sweden, where 1 percent live.

Zigurs Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Zigurs are 3.91% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 57.14% being registered with the political party.

Zigurs earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 18.6% less than the national average, earning $35,125 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Žigurs948/
Zeigurs9244/
Zhigurs9213/
Dzigurs925/
Zigours922/
Žīgurs894/
Cigurs836/
Sigurs835/
Siggurs774/
Žeigurs771/
Sigurðs771/
Zhigaursova711/
Siegurst710/
Jegurs6715/
Segurs674/
Ségurs671/
Čigirs671/
Sigors670/
Siggirs620/
Siggors620/
Segors500/

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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 Zigurs
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