Wilgas Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Sri Lanka

Wilgas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wilgas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Wilgas Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wilgas occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wilgas? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wilgas is the 5,587,209th most prevalent family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name Wilgas is mostly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Wilgas are found; 50 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Wilgas is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria Wilgas is mostly found in: Rivers, where 100 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 25 percent live and Ghana, where 8 percent live.

Wilgas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wilgas has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wilgas surname contracted 93 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wilgaus9239/
Wielgas9220/
Willgas921/
Wielgasz8617/
Willgash862/
Wilgos83392/
Welgas83261/
Bilgas8337/
Vilgas8325/
Wielgos771,330/
Wilgosz77345/
Wilgosh77206/
Vilgats77137/
Wilgoss7780/
Bilgais7763/
Willgos7727/
Villgas7724/
Wilgose7713/
Wielgós774/
Bilgash772/
Welgasz772/
Weilgos771/
Wielgosz716,036/
Willgoss71145/
Willgohs71141/
Wielgosh7185/
Wielgoss7129/
Willgoos7117/
Wilgoose7114/
Weilgosh718/
Weilgosz715/
Wielgohs714/
Wilgosch713/
Willgosh711/
Wielgarz711/
Willinghaus710/
Belgas67599/
Willgoose67187/
Welgos67147/
Wielgosch6784/
Velgas6781/
Vilgos6745/
Willgosch6719/
Wilgoś672/
Villengas671/
Bilgaç671/
Wilgoz671/

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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 Wilgas
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