Baniga Surname
Approximately 239 people bear this surname
Baniga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 206 | 1:491,448 | 58,185 |
| India | 19 | 1:40,371,862 | 445,856 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
The alternate forms: Bañiga (3) are calculated separately.
Baniga (28) may also be a first name.
Baniga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Baniga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Baniga (Hindi: बानिगआ, Marathi: बंगीया) is more commonly found in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant: Bañiga. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Baniga? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,048,281st most commonly occurring last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 30,491,824 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 94 percent of Baniga reside; 86 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 86 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,994,417th most frequently held given name globally, held by 28 people.
Baniga is most prevalent in The Philippines, where it is borne by 206 people, or 1 in 491,448. In The Philippines it is mostly found in: Central Visayas, where 39 percent are found, Northern Mindanao, where 28 percent are found and Davao Region, where 7 percent are found. Aside from The Philippines Baniga is found in 10 countries. It is also found in India, where 8 percent are found and Uganda, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Baniga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Baniga in the Marathi language | ||
| बंगीया | bangiya | - |
| Baniga in the Hindi language | ||
| बानिगआ | baniga'a | 60 |
| बनिगआ | baniga'a | 40 |
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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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- 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 Baniga
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