Wegara Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Wegara Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wegara Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea131:627,20974,307
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973

Wegara Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wegara Come From? nationality or country of origin

Wegara is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Wegara click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wegara? popularity and diffusion

Wegara is the 4,649,889th most common last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name Wegara occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 72 percent of Wegara live; 72 percent live in Oceania Islands and 72 percent live in Papuan Oceania.

It is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 627,209. In Papua New Guinea Wegara is most common in: Milne Bay, where 92 percent are found and Eastern Highlands, where 8 percent are found. Apart from Papua New Guinea this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 28 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Weghara923/
Vegara831,361/
Wegari831,313/
Wagara83743/
Begara83373/
Wegera83134/
Wigara8352/
Wegora8314/
Wogara834/
Wegare831/
Weisgarea800/
Wegiera77334/
Waigara77110/
Begarai77107/
Vegarra7731/
Begaray7720/
Wagaray7715/
Vegaraj776/
Wahgara776/
Woigara774/
Wegaris773/
Begarra773/
Vegarai772/
Begaraj772/
Veigara772/
Vegaray772/
Vegaras771/
Wagarah771/
Wogarai771/
Wagaraa771/
Wagahara7172/
Weingari714/
Weigoura711/
Begharaj711/
Waigaira711/
Vegarath711/
Vesgaara711/
Wagheara711/
Weygared710/
Begari6711,797/
Wegoro672,339/
Vigara671,953/
Vegera671,570/
Vegare67310/
Bigara67176/
Begora67128/
Wagora67124/
Wagera67118/
Wegero6792/
Begare6760/
Vagara6750/
Begary6737/
Vegari6726/
Wogaro6719/
Wigari6716/
Wygera6715/
Wagaro6711/
Weing'ari6710/
Wegori6710/
Wegore679/
Wogera679/
Vegora676/
Begaro672/
Wigóra671/
Wigera671/
Wygóra671/
Bygara671/
Wägare671/
Woinngara671/

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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 Wegara
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