Wheigar Surname
Approximately 126 people bear this surname
Wheigar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 125 | 1:35,268 | 3,284 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wheigar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wheigar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wheigar is carried by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wheigar? popularity and diffusion
Wheigar is the 1,604,449th most widespread last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 57,837,666 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Wheigar reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.
The surname is most commonly held in Liberia, where it is borne by 125 people, or 1 in 35,268. In Liberia Wheigar is most common in: Grand Bassa County, where 58 percent reside, Montserrado County, where 35 percent reside and Margibi County, where 6 percent reside. Barring Liberia this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 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 Wheigar
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