Waigen Surname
Approximately 81 people bear this surname
Waigen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 80 | 1:101,921 | 13,735 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Waigen (20) may also be a first name.
Waigen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waigen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Waigen is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Waigen.
How Common Is The Last Name Waigen? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,091,648th most prevalent last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 89,969,703 people. This last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 99 percent of Waigen are found; 99 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 99 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,446,817th most frequently used first name globally, borne by 20 people.
This last name is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 80 people, or 1 in 101,921. In Papua New Guinea Waigen is most numerous in: Enga, where 60 percent reside, Western, where 18 percent reside and West Sepik, where 11 percent reside. Apart from Papua New Guinea it is found in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 1 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 Waigen
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