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
The surname Laiga (Georgian: ლაიგა, Hindi: लैगा) is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Laiga.
How Common Is The Last Name Laiga? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,828,462nd most common family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 71,446,529 people. Laiga is mostly found in Oceania, where 47 percent of Laiga reside; 47 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 47 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 951,070th most commonly occurring first name internationally It is held by 99 people.
This last name is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 47 people, or 1 in 173,483. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: East New Britain, where 43 percent live, West New Britain, where 40 percent live and Central, where 13 percent live. Besides Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 26 percent live and India, where 20 percent live.
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
- 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 Laiga
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