Çiğ Surname

248,111th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,602 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus

Çiğ Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Çiğ Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey1,5571:49,9824,953
Northern Cyprus451:7,0891,629

The alternate forms: Cig (110) are calculated separately.

Çiğ (10) may also be a first name.

Çiğ Last Name Facts

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

The last name Çiğ is found in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant: Cig. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Çiğ? popularity and diffusion

The surname Çiğ is the 248,111th most common family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 4,549,030 people. The last name Çiğ is primarily found in Asia, where 90 percent of Çiğ live; 90 percent live in West Asia and 90 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. Çiğ is also the 3,684,242nd most widespread first name world-wide, held by 10 people.

This surname is most widely held in Turkey, where it is borne by 1,557 people, or 1 in 49,982. In Turkey it is most numerous in: Konya Province, where 11 percent reside, Malatya Province, where 10 percent reside and Izmir Province, where 10 percent reside. Without taking into account Turkey this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Northern Cyprus, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Çiğa86852/
Çi801/
Cig78110/
Çiğay75417/
Ziğ6712/
Çij674/

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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 Çiğ
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