Wayiga Surname
Approximately 163 people bear this surname
Wayiga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 158 | 1:247,084 | 18,427 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Wayiga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wayiga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wayiga occurs more in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wayiga? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,359,010th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 44,708,871 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wayiga live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 93 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The surname Wayiga is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is held by 158 people, or 1 in 247,084. In Uganda Wayiga is most common in: Yumbe District, where 70 percent reside, Koboko District, where 13 percent reside and Arua District, where 11 percent reside. Not including Uganda Wayiga occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Rwanda, where 2 percent reside and Senegal, 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 Wayiga
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