Waigai Surname
Approximately 192 people bear this surname
Waigai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 163 | 1:127,418 | 14,439 |
| Papua New Guinea | 24 | 1:339,738 | 45,241 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Waigai (170) may also be a first name.
Waigai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waigai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Waigai occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Waigai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,218,745th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 37,955,968 people. Waigai is primarily found in Africa, where 85 percent of Waigai live; 84 percent live in West Africa and 76 percent live in Chadic Africa. Waigai is also the 701,320th most frequent first name worldwide. It is borne by 170 people.
Waigai is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 163 people, or 1 in 127,418. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Far North Region, where 94 percent reside, North Region, where 6 percent reside and Centre Region, where 1 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent reside and Indonesia, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Waigai
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