Wiba Surname
Approximately 1,581 people bear this surname
Wiba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1,534 | 1:13,539 | 1,850 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Wiba (142) may also be a first name.
Wiba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wiba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wiba is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wiba? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wiba is the 250,767th most frequently held surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 4,609,453 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Wiba live; 95 percent live in Central Africa and 95 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Wiba is also the 775,413th most prevalent first name globally, borne by 142 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 1,534 people, or 1 in 13,539. In Cameroon Wiba is most frequent in: Northwest Region, where 95 percent are found, Far North Region, where 2 percent are found and West Region, where 1 percent are found. Not including Cameroon this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found and Indonesia, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Wiba
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