Waiga Surname
Approximately 2,379 people bear this surname
Waiga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 1,502 | 1:25,992 | 3,665 |
| Mauritania | 347 | 1:11,801 | 1,170 |
| Senegal | 185 | 1:78,807 | 954 |
| Cameroon | 119 | 1:174,530 | 18,525 |
| Nigeria | 98 | 1:1,807,579 | 65,389 |
| Papua New Guinea | 96 | 1:84,935 | 11,249 |
| Brazil | 12 | 1:17,839,528 | 311,080 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
The alternate forms: Waïga (3) are calculated separately.
Waiga (286) may also be a first name.
Waiga Demographics
Average Waiga Salary in
United States
$98,542 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Waiga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waiga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Waiga (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﻳﻜﺎ, Hindi: वाईग) is held by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant: Waïga. Click here for other potential spellings of Waiga.
How Common Is The Last Name Waiga? popularity and diffusion
The surname Waiga is the 179,338th most commonly held family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 3,063,281 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Waiga live; 63 percent live in East Africa and 60 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 523,065th most numerous first name world-wide, held by 286 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is held by 1,502 people, or 1 in 25,992. In Uganda it is primarily found in: Yumbe District, where 81 percent live, Arua District, where 7 percent live and Koboko District, where 6 percent live. Outside of Uganda Waiga exists in 16 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 15 percent live and Senegal, where 8 percent live.
Waiga Last Name Statistics demography
Waiga earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 128.38% more than the national average, earning $98,542 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Waiga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Waiga in the Hindi language | ||
| वाईग | va'iga | - |
| Waiga in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﻳﻜﺎ | wyka | 72.29 |
| ﻭﺍﻳﻜﺎ | wayka | 14.46 |
| ﻭﻳﻜﻪ | wykh | 4.82 |
| ﻭﻳﻘﻰ | wyqy | 2.41 |
| ﻭﻳﻚ | wyk | 2.41 |
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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 Waiga
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