Loniga Surname

3,323,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Loniga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Loniga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea311:263,02335,917
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Loniga Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Loniga Come From? nationality or country of origin

Loniga (Hindi: लोनिगआ) is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Loniga? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,323,005th most prevalent surname globally, borne by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. It occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 89 percent of Loniga live; 89 percent live in Oceania Islands and 89 percent live in Papuan Oceania.

Loniga is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 31 people, or 1 in 263,023. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: West New Britain, where 100 percent reside. Not including Papua New Guinea Loniga is found in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 6 percent reside and The United States, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lonigas921/
Lonigo8317/
Lonega8314/
Luniga8311/
Laniga831/
Lonighi77208/
Loniego77123/
Longega77108/
Lanigau775/
Lanigad771/
Luniega771/
Lonegaa771/
Loniger771/
Lanigah771/
Lanigay770/
Lanega6717/
Lanuga677/
Lanigo676/
Lenuga672/
Lunigi671/
Lenyga671/
Lunigo671/
Lanigi671/
Lanhga671/

Loniga Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Loniga in the Hindi language
लोनिगआloniga'a-

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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 Loniga
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