Adaga Surname
Approximately 3,577 people bear this surname
Adaga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,879 | 1:94,275 | 6,498 |
| India | 1,467 | 1:522,880 | 26,069 |
| Turkey | 106 | 1:734,164 | 36,999 |
| Cameroon | 37 | 1:561,326 | 43,620 |
| Niger | 30 | 1:639,734 | 15,675 |
| Ivory Coast | 23 | 1:1,003,097 | 24,580 |
| Uganda | 22 | 1:1,774,513 | 60,490 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Adaga (339) may also be a first name.
Adaga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Adaga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Adaga (Marathi: आडगा, Oriya: ଅଦଗା) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Adaga click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Adaga? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 126,926th most commonly occurring surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 2,037,335 people. The surname Adaga occurs predominantly in Africa, where 55 percent of Adaga are found; 54 percent are found in West Africa and 53 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Adaga is also the 474,488th most commonly used given name in the world It is held by 339 people.
The surname Adaga is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,879 people, or 1 in 94,275. In Nigeria Adaga is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 43 percent are found, Cross River, where 13 percent are found and Bayelsa, where 13 percent are found. Barring Nigeria it is found in 16 countries. It is also found in India, where 41 percent are found and Turkey, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Adaga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Adaga in the Marathi language | ||
| आडगा | adaga | 85.08 |
| एडगा | edaga | 11.25 |
| अडगा | adaga | 3.36 |
| आगडा | agada | 0.2 |
| अदगा | adaga | 0.1 |
| Adaga in the Oriya language | ||
| ଅଦଗା | adaga | 58.97 |
| ଅଡଗା | adaga | 28.21 |
| ଆଦଗା | adaga | 7.69 |
| ଅଡ଼ଗା | araga | 5.13 |
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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 Adaga
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