Wanigo Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Wanigo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Wanigo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanigo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wanigo is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanigo? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,063,924th most commonly occurring family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname Wanigo occurs mostly in Oceania, where 90 percent of Wanigo live; 90 percent live in Oceania Islands and 90 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
The surname is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 905,969. In Papua New Guinea Wanigo is most frequent in: Eastern Highlands, where 78 percent live, Madang, where 11 percent live and West New Britain, where 11 percent live. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Liberia, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wagnigo | 92 | 1 | / |
| Wanigop | 92 | 1 | / |
| Banigo | 83 | 3,439 | / |
| Waniga | 83 | 189 | / |
| Vanigo | 83 | 3 | / |
| Wanjgo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wanugo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wanegou | 77 | 20 | / |
| Vanigot | 77 | 11 | / |
| Wanigha | 77 | 3 | / |
| Wanaiga | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wanigau | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bainigo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wanigah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wanégou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Vanisgo | 77 | 0 | / |
| Wainigha | 71 | 24 | / |
| Wanyogho | 71 | 1 | / |
| Waneagoa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vanigoud | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wanega | 67 | 247 | / |
| Baniga | 67 | 239 | / |
| Bonigo | 67 | 47 | / |
| Wanuga | 67 | 37 | / |
| Banego | 67 | 35 | / |
| Vaniga | 67 | 20 | / |
| Wenego | 67 | 15 | / |
| Wonego | 67 | 9 | / |
| Venigo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Weniga | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vanego | 67 | 2 | / |
| Uonigo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vonigo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Woniga | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wongnaigo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wanisgaus | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Wanigo
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