Waigo Surname
Approximately 652 people bear this surname
Waigo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 607 | 1:64,315 | 7,313 |
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Northern Ireland | 4 | 1:461,259 | 16,615 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Waigo (43) may also be a first name.
Waigo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waigo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Waigo is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Waigo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waigo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 503,825th most frequent family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 11,177,218 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Waigo live; 93 percent live in East Africa and 51 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,545,828th most frequent forename in the world. It is borne by 43 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is carried by 607 people, or 1 in 64,315. In Uganda Waigo is mostly found in: Moyo District, where 47 percent reside, Adjumani District, where 35 percent reside and Arua District, where 8 percent reside. Other than Uganda it exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent reside and England, 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 Waigo
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