Aga Surname
Approximately 34,472 people bear this surname
Aga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 6,600 | 1:14,780 | 2,065 |
| Nigeria | 5,855 | 1:30,255 | 2,539 |
| India | 4,180 | 1:183,508 | 11,190 |
| Philippines | 2,699 | 1:37,510 | 5,777 |
| Pakistan | 1,368 | 1:130,588 | 3,733 |
| Albania | 1,215 | 1:2,398 | 416 |
| Indonesia | 1,215 | 1:108,847 | 11,144 |
| Japan | 1,020 | 1:125,338 | 6,902 |
| Saudi Arabia | 835 | 1:36,953 | 5,288 |
| Egypt | 824 | 1:111,573 | 9,244 |
| Norway | 765 | 1:6,722 | 680 |
| Afghanistan | 587 | 1:54,775 | 1,840 |
| United States | 585 | 1:619,588 | 50,111 |
| Algeria | 542 | 1:71,276 | 11,545 |
| Romania | 519 | 1:38,686 | 4,933 |
| Moldova | 442 | 1:8,057 | 1,328 |
| Ivory Coast | 421 | 1:54,801 | 3,306 |
| Morocco | 409 | 1:84,294 | 14,399 |
| Kenya | 316 | 1:146,139 | 11,699 |
| Niger | 316 | 1:60,734 | 2,873 |
| Papua New Guinea | 301 | 1:27,089 | 3,050 |
| Greece | 290 | 1:38,206 | 6,093 |
| Iran | 245 | 1:313,398 | 21,845 |
| United Arab Emirates | 227 | 1:40,362 | 4,164 |
| Malaysia | 223 | 1:132,261 | 8,530 |
| Cameroon | 205 | 1:101,313 | 11,968 |
| Benin | 204 | 1:50,665 | 6,381 |
| Russia | 187 | 1:770,712 | 63,938 |
| England | 151 | 1:368,994 | 26,171 |
| Kosovo | 144 | 1:12,930 | 1,812 |
| Argentina | 124 | 1:344,705 | 27,064 |
| Brazil | 104 | 1:2,058,407 | 65,034 |
| France | 99 | 1:670,937 | 86,003 |
| Poland | 92 | 1:413,139 | 43,861 |
| Belgium | 80 | 1:143,708 | 20,372 |
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| Iraq | 73 | 1:479,749 | 8,022 |
| Tanzania | 68 | 1:778,553 | 42,281 |
| Canada | 57 | 1:646,414 | 52,764 |
| American Samoa | 55 | 1:1,014 | 133 |
| Burkina Faso | 54 | 1:339,854 | 5,698 |
| Taiwan | 53 | 1:442,354 | 3,378 |
| Sudan | 49 | 1:765,514 | 2,614 |
| Singapore | 47 | 1:117,185 | 4,783 |
| Spain | 47 | 1:994,724 | 37,216 |
| Thailand | 44 | 1:1,605,417 | 210,847 |
| Uganda | 40 | 1:975,982 | 42,738 |
| Ecuador | 34 | 1:467,819 | 10,566 |
| Germany | 34 | 1:2,367,808 | 122,173 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Croatia | 22 | 1:192,209 | 23,417 |
| Israel | 20 | 1:427,882 | 33,464 |
| Azerbaijan | 19 | 1:507,849 | 9,707 |
| Italy | 18 | 1:3,397,594 | 101,426 |
| Australia | 17 | 1:1,587,982 | 78,599 |
| Mauritania | 16 | 1:255,929 | 11,901 |
| Kazakhstan | 14 | 1:1,263,035 | 68,752 |
| Netherlands | 14 | 1:1,206,227 | 70,951 |
| Sweden | 14 | 1:703,340 | 52,204 |
| Austria | 13 | 1:655,033 | 58,041 |
| Oman | 12 | 1:307,331 | 4,704 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| Turkmenistan | 9 | 1:609,901 | 4,112 |
| Belarus | 8 | 1:1,187,632 | 77,603 |
| Syria | 8 | 1:2,412,628 | 10,757 |
| Bulgaria | 7 | 1:996,986 | 34,534 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:764,831 | 25,488 |
| Northern Cyprus | 6 | 1:53,168 | 8,711 |
| Ireland | 4 | 1:1,177,235 | 16,494 |
| Armenia | 4 | 1:732,545 | 11,666 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Cuba | 2 | 1:5,761,358 | 13,825 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 5 | 1:748,643 | 18,576 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 33 | 1:1,521,778 | 81,120 |
The alternate forms: Ága (180) & Agá (3) are calculated separately.
Aga (79,610) may also be a first name.
Aga Demographics
Average Male Aga Height
173.89 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Aga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Aga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Aga (Arabic: اغي, Bengali: অগ, Georgian: აგა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺁﻛﻪ, Hindi: आगा, Marathi: आगा, Oriya: ଆଗା, Russian: Ага, Tibetan: ཨ་ག།) is more frequently found in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Ága or Agá. Click here to see other potential spellings of Aga.
How Common Is The Last Name Aga? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 16,162nd most commonly occurring family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 211,405 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 45 percent of Aga are found; 20 percent are found in East Africa and 19 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. Aga is also the 12,418th most commonly used forename in the world It is held by 79,610 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 6,600 people, or 1 in 14,780. Apart from Ethiopia this last name exists in 112 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 17 percent are found and India, where 12 percent are found.
Aga Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Aga has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 1,773 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 140 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Aga Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly Orthodox (75%) in Russia, Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan, Muslim (100%) in Kenya, Christian (91%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Aga last name are 4.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 51% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Aga earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 110.12% more than the national average, earning €63,100 per year; in Norway they earn 5.42% more than the national average, earning 364,826 kr per year; in Colombia they earn 45.33% less than the national average, earning $12,411,200 COP per year; in United States they earn 19.68% more than the national average, earning $51,641 USD per year and in Canada they earn 31.44% more than the national average, earning $65,305 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Aga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Aga in the Georgian language | ||
| აგა | aga | - |
| Aga in the Bengali language | ||
| অগ | aga | - |
| Aga in the Hindi language | ||
| आगा | aga | 95.54 |
| अगा | aga | 1.73 |
| अ्ग | aga | 0.09 |
| ागा | aga | 0.09 |
| Aga in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺁﻛﻪ | akh | 90.91 |
| ﺃﻙ | ak | 9.09 |
| Aga in the Marathi language | ||
| आगा | aga | 78.99 |
| अगा | aga | 16.81 |
| आग | aga | 3.57 |
| Aga in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆଗା | aga | 69.35 |
| ଅଗା | aga | 29.03 |
| ଆଗ | aga | 1.61 |
| Aga in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཨ་ག། | aga | 50 |
| ཨ་ཀ་ | aka | 50 |
| Aga in the Russian language | ||
| Ага | aga | - |
| Aga in the Arabic language | ||
| اغي | aghy | - |
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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 Aga
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