Žiger Surname
Approximately 222 people bear this surname
Žiger Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 198 | 1:21,357 | 4,440 |
| Slovenia | 23 | 1:108,160 | 11,945 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
The alternate forms: Ziger (657) are calculated separately.
Žiger Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Žiger Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Žiger is found in Croatia more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Ziger. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Žiger? popularity and diffusion
The last name Žiger is the 1,101,507th most frequently used surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 32,826,783 people. The last name Žiger is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Žiger live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.
The last name Žiger is most frequent in Croatia, where it is held by 198 people, or 1 in 21,357. In Croatia Žiger is primarily found in: Karlovac County, where 23 percent live, Krapina-Zagorje County, where 23 percent live and City of Zagreb, where 20 percent live. Not including Croatia it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Slovenia, where 10 percent live and Montenegro, where 0 percent live.
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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 Žiger
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