Windiga Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Windiga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 17 | 1:1,079,535 | 10,589 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Windiga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Windiga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Windiga is borne by more people in Burkina Faso than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Windiga? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,649,889th most numerous family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name Windiga is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Windiga are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most numerous in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 1,079,535. In Burkina Faso Windiga is most prevalent in: Centre Region, where 47 percent reside and Centre-Est Region, where 47 percent reside. Beside Burkina Faso it exists in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bindiga | 86 | 157 | / |
| Windyga | 86 | 103 | / |
| Windigo | 86 | 85 | / |
| Vindiga | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bindigah | 80 | 6 | / |
| Vindigas | 80 | 1 | / |
| Windiger | 80 | 0 | / |
| Windegath | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bindige | 71 | 52 | / |
| Bendiga | 71 | 35 | / |
| Windego | 71 | 20 | / |
| Bindigi | 71 | 12 | / |
| Vinduga | 71 | 4 | / |
| Vindige | 71 | 3 | / |
| Bindigo | 71 | 2 | / |
| Wenduga | 71 | 2 | / |
| Bindyga | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bindega | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wendigo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vindigis | 67 | 9 | / |
| Wendegaß | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vindigui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wendiger | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wendegau | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Windiga
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