Alagoa Surname
Approximately 2,176 people bear this surname
Alagoa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,904 | 1:93,037 | 6,426 |
| Portugal | 208 | 1:50,088 | 2,835 |
| England | 29 | 1:1,921,312 | 76,208 |
| United States | 12 | 1:30,204,911 | 765,334 |
| Angola | 9 | 1:2,998,802 | 4,903 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
The alternate forms: Alagôa (2) are calculated separately.
Alagoa (223) may also be a first name.
Alagoa Demographics
Average Alagoa Salary in
United States
$51,012 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Alagoa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alagoa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Alagoa is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant: Alagôa. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alagoa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Alagoa is the 193,336th most widely held family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 3,349,056 people. Alagoa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Alagoa reside; 88 percent reside in West Africa and 88 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 603,623rd most commonly used given name worldwide. It is borne by 223 people.
The surname Alagoa is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,904 people, or 1 in 93,037. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Bayelsa, where 81 percent reside, Rivers, where 10 percent reside and Lagos, where 3 percent reside. Not including Nigeria it is found in 12 countries. It is also found in Portugal, where 10 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.
Alagoa Last Name Statistics demography
Alagoa earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 18.22% more than the national average, earning $51,012 USD per year.
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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 Alagoa
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