Agaya Surname
Approximately 1,405 people bear this surname
Agaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gabon | 404 | 1:4,676 | 852 |
| Kenya | 301 | 1:153,422 | 12,187 |
| Philippines | 269 | 1:376,350 | 49,367 |
| Uganda | 149 | 1:262,009 | 19,164 |
| Nigeria | 134 | 1:1,321,961 | 52,161 |
| India | 49 | 1:15,654,396 | 253,566 |
| Papua New Guinea | 37 | 1:220,371 | 30,351 |
| Niger | 33 | 1:581,576 | 14,627 |
| Argentina | 10 | 1:4,274,341 | 152,056 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Agaya (296) may also be a first name.
Agaya Demographics
Agaya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Agaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Agaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Agaya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻛﺎﻱ, Hindi: अगया, Marathi: अगया, Oriya: ଆଗୟ, Russian: Агая) occurs in Gabon more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Agaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Agaya is the 276,073rd most widely held last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 5,186,865 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 73 percent of Agaya live; 32 percent live in East Africa and 29 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 512,632nd most common first name at a global level, held by 296 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Gabon, where it is held by 404 people, or 1 in 4,676. Beside Gabon this last name exists in 14 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 21 percent are found and The Philippines, where 19 percent are found.
Agaya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Agaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Agaya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻛﺎﻱ | akay | - |
| Agaya in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆଗୟ | agaya | 90.91 |
| ଆଗୟା | agaya | 9.09 |
| Agaya in the Marathi language | ||
| अगया | agaya | 50 |
| आगाया | agaya | 16.67 |
| आगया | agaya | 16.67 |
| अगाया | agaya | 16.67 |
| Agaya in the Hindi language | ||
| अगया | agaya | 33.33 |
| अजया | ajaya | 16.67 |
| अगय | agaya | 16.67 |
| ागया | agaya | 16.67 |
| आगया | agaya | 16.67 |
| Agaya in the Russian language | ||
| Агая | agaa | - |
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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 Agaya
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