Waïga Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Waïga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
The alternate forms: Waiga (2,379) are calculated separately.
Waïga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waïga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Waïga occurs in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant: Waiga. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waïga? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 10,311,814th most widespread surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name Waïga occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Waïga live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
The last name Waïga is most commonly occurring in Mauritania, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 2,047,432. In Mauritania Waïga is primarily found in: Gorgol Region, where 50 percent live and Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 50 percent live. Apart from Mauritania it exists in one country. It also occurs in Mali, where 33 percent live.
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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
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- 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 Waïga
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