Siğ

surname · Latin script

Siğ is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in India than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Old Norse sik, from Proto-Germanic *sek, from Proto-Indo-European *se.

rarermore common
  • DKDenmark1 in 30K(measured from records)
  • SYSyria≈1 in 180K
  • TRTürkiye≈1 in 2.5M

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

India (measured from records)

228 people

Sources
6 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 30K (inferred from the name graph)

Denmark

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Şiğ in TR Türkiye, SY Syria.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Derivation of Siğ: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Siğ
  1. Old Norsesik(measured from records)
  2. Proto-Germanic*sek(measured from records)
  3. Proto-Indo-European*se(measured from records)

From Old Norse sik, from Proto-Germanic *sek, from Proto-Indo-European *se.

Sources 2

Attested across 21 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Siğ counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Siğ is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IN India2281 in 5.8M228—3
DK Denmark1931 in 30K193——
SY Syria≈110 est.≈1 in 180K—Şiğ2
BR Brazil381 in 5.6M38——
TR Türkiye≈33 est.≈1 in 2.5M—Şiğ6

228 people counted by Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Siğ is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name8 spellings in the group

    Also written Sig, Сиг

  • French name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France

    Also written Sig

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Sig

  • Russian surname10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Сиг, Сіг, Şiğ, Sig

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Sig

5 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Siğ under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Siğ mean, and where does it come from?
From Old Norse sik, from Proto-Germanic *sek, from Proto-Indo-European *se. Recorded by Wiktionary and Nordic Names.
In which country does Siğ have the most bearers?
In India, the national register counted about 228 people named Siğ, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Siğ most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Siğ is densest in Denmark — about 1 in 30 thousand people — even though India holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Siğ?
In India, the national register counted 228 people named Siğ, about 1 in 5.8 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Siğ”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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