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 surname Waïga occurs in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Waiga. For other potential spellings of Waïga click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waïga? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 10,311,814th most commonly occurring last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name Waïga is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Waïga reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 67 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
Waïga is most prevalent in Mauritania, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 2,047,432. In Mauritania it is mostly found in: Gorgol Region, where 50 percent reside and Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 50 percent reside. Apart from Mauritania it is found in one country. It also occurs in Mali, where 33 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 Waïga
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