Wingba Surname

2,580,327th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 56 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Wingba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wingba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia531:83,1806,894
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679

Wingba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wingba occurs in Liberia more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wingba? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wingba is the 2,580,327th most commonly occurring surname in the world, held by around 1 in 130,134,748 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Wingba live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.

The surname is most frequently used in Liberia, where it is held by 53 people, or 1 in 83,180. In Liberia it is most numerous in: Nimba County, where 75 percent are found and Montserrado County, where 25 percent are found. Without taking into account Liberia it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 4 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wingbah92405/
Wingbay926/
Woingba921/
Weingbah869/
Wingbeah869/
Waingbah867/
Wingbach862/
Woingbai861/
Wingbash860/
Wingbo8380/
Wingbe8350/
Wengba835/
Bingba831/
Wingbi831/
Wimgbah779/
Wengbai771/
Wengbap771/
Weangbah711/
Bengba67137/
Wångby673/
Wengbo672/
Bingbo672/
Wengbe671/
Whengbo6218/
Wehngbo628/
Vengbai624/
Wengbee621/
Wengbeu621/
Wengbeh621/
Venningbo531/
Bengbi5027/
Vängbo5023/
Vengbe5021/
Vengbo509/
Bengbo504/
Vängby503/
Wemgbe501/
Bengva501/
Wengvo501/
Bngbee500/

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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 Wingba
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