Laiga Surname
Approximately 102 people bear this surname
Laiga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 47 | 1:173,483 | 24,058 |
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| India | 20 | 1:38,353,269 | 431,471 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Laiga (99) may also be a first name.
Laiga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Laiga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Laiga (Georgian: ლაიგა, Hindi: लैगा) is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Laiga click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Laiga? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,828,462nd most widespread last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 71,446,529 people. The surname Laiga is primarily found in Oceania, where 47 percent of Laiga are found; 47 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 47 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Laiga is also the 951,070th most commonly held forename world-wide, borne by 99 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 47 people, or 1 in 173,483. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: East New Britain, where 43 percent are found, West New Britain, where 40 percent are found and Central, where 13 percent are found. Not including Papua New Guinea it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 26 percent are found and India, where 20 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Laiga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Laiga in the Georgian language | ||
| ლაიგა | laiga | - |
| Laiga in the Hindi language | ||
| लैगा | laiga | - |
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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 Laiga
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