Waige Surname
Approximately 161 people bear this surname
Waige Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 147 | 1:55,467 | 7,053 |
| United States | 13 | 1:27,881,456 | 736,413 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Waige (91) may also be a first name.
Waige Demographics
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Waige Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waige Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Waige is carried by more people 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 surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Waige? popularity and diffusion
The surname Waige is the 1,369,340th most commonly used surname in the world, held by around 1 in 45,264,260 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 91 percent of Waige are found; 91 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 91 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 998,282nd most frequently held first name on earth. It is borne by 91 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 147 people, or 1 in 55,467. In Papua New Guinea Waige is mostly concentrated in: Chimbu, where 54 percent live, Central, where 15 percent live and Gulf, where 10 percent live. Besides Papua New Guinea it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 8 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.
Waige Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Waige has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Waige last name expanded 650 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Waige Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Waige surname are 21.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 75% registered to vote for the political party.
Waige earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 27.77% less than the national average, earning $31,167 USD per year.
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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 Waige
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