Viga Surname
Approximately 2,425 people bear this surname
Viga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 1,004 | 1:38,884 | 4,992 |
| Mexico | 316 | 1:392,804 | 7,863 |
| Colombia | 180 | 1:265,412 | 5,504 |
| Zimbabwe | 176 | 1:87,717 | 12,699 |
| Brazil | 135 | 1:1,585,736 | 52,536 |
| Hungary | 93 | 1:105,551 | 10,142 |
| Philippines | 91 | 1:1,112,508 | 90,748 |
| United States | 58 | 1:6,249,292 | 299,206 |
| India | 43 | 1:17,838,730 | 274,051 |
| Norway | 39 | 1:131,853 | 17,004 |
| Papua New Guinea | 39 | 1:209,070 | 28,870 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| Romania | 35 | 1:573,653 | 41,852 |
| Argentina | 22 | 1:1,942,882 | 97,983 |
| Solomon Islands | 17 | 1:34,119 | 6,789 |
| Mozambique | 16 | 1:1,703,848 | 2,274 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Benin | 12 | 1:861,300 | 44,192 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Turkey | 6 | 1:12,970,237 | 144,247 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Slovakia | 5 | 1:1,067,290 | 85,393 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Latvia | 3 | 1:683,349 | 34,074 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Albania | 2 | 1:1,457,028 | 24,967 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Vîga (5) are calculated separately.
Viga (1,838) may also be a first name.
Viga Demographics
Average Viga Salary in
United States
$41,586 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Viga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Viga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Viga (Hindi: विगा, Marathi: वीगा, Russian: Вига) is held by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can also occur as: Vîga. Click here for further possible spellings of Viga.
How Common Is The Last Name Viga? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 176,458th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,005,174 people. The surname Viga is mostly found in Africa, where 51 percent of Viga reside; 42 percent reside in East Africa and 39 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 177,925th most numerous given name worldwide. It is borne by 1,838 people.
This last name is most widely held in Uganda, where it is carried by 1,004 people, or 1 in 38,884. In Uganda it is primarily found in: Yumbe District, where 65 percent are found, Koboko District, where 16 percent are found and Arua District, where 12 percent are found. Other than Uganda this last name is found in 53 countries. It is also found in Mexico, where 13 percent are found and Colombia, where 7 percent are found.
Viga Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Viga has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Viga surname grew 2,900 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Viga Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Viga surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% being registered with the party.
The amount Viga earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 69.37% more than the national average, earning 586,147 kr per year; in Colombia they earn 31.65% less than the national average, earning $15,518,200 COP per year and in United States they earn 3.62% less than the national average, earning $41,586 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Viga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Viga in the Marathi language | ||
| वीगा | viga | - |
| Viga in the Hindi language | ||
| विगा | viga | 64.71 |
| वीगा | viga | 35.29 |
| Viga in the Russian language | ||
| Вига | viga | - |
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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 Viga
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