Weiga Surname
Approximately 82 people bear this surname
Weiga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 42 | 1:97,497 | 6,070 |
| Brazil | 29 | 1:7,381,874 | 170,034 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Weiga (42) may also be a first name.
Weiga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Weiga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Weiga (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﻳﻜﺎ) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Weiga? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,075,631st most frequently occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 88,872,511 people. The surname Weiga is mostly found in Africa, where 55 percent of Weiga live; 52 percent live in West Africa and 51 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Weiga is also the 1,566,439th most commonly held first name at a global level, held by 42 people.
It is most widespread in Mauritania, where it is carried by 42 people, or 1 in 97,497. In Mauritania Weiga is mostly found in: Gorgol Region, where 55 percent live, Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 33 percent live and Adrar Region, where 2 percent live. Beside Mauritania this surname is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 35 percent live and Israel, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Weiga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Weiga in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﻳﻜﺎ | wyka | 76.92 |
| ﻭﻳﻜﻪ | wykh | 7.69 |
| ﻭﻳﻚ | wyk | 7.69 |
| ﻭﻭﻳﻜﺎ | wwyka | 7.69 |
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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 Weiga
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