Wigia Surname

1,765,740th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 108 people bear this surname

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

Wigia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wigia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia951:1,392,09795,389
Papua New Guinea121:679,47678,554
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Wigia (53) may also be a first name.

Wigia Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wigia is found most in Indonesia. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Wigia.

How Common Is The Last Name Wigia? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,765,740th most numerous last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 67,477,277 people. Wigia occurs predominantly in Asia, where 88 percent of Wigia are found; 88 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 88 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,366,219th most commonly used given name internationally. It is borne by 53 people.

Wigia is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is borne by 95 people, or 1 in 1,392,097. In Indonesia it is primarily concentrated in: West Java, where 93 percent reside, Riau, where 4 percent reside and Jambi, where 2 percent reside. Aside from Indonesia Wigia occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Waigia917/
Vigia80253/
Wizia8046/
Wegia808/
Uigia802/
Wigio801/
Vaigia731/
Weegia731/
Wehgia731/
Buigia731/
Wiggea730/
Wiza672,223/
Wija672,025/
Wisa671,448/
Baigiaj671/

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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 Wigia
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