Weigha Surname
Approximately 79 people bear this surname
Weigha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 75 | 1:2,361,903 | 79,171 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Weigha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Weigha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Weigha (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﻳﻚ) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Weigha? popularity and diffusion
The last name Weigha is the 2,121,169th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 92,247,417 people. The last name Weigha occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Weigha live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Weigha is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 75 people, or 1 in 2,361,903. In Nigeria Weigha is most frequent in: Bayelsa, where 92 percent reside, Rivers, where 4 percent reside and Lagos, where 3 percent reside. Barring Nigeria it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 3 percent reside and Mauritania, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Weigha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Weigha in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﻳﻚ | wyk | 50 |
| ﻭﻳﻜﺎ | wyka | 50 |
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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 Weigha
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