Alega Surname
Approximately 2,554 people bear this surname
Alega Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 1,184 | 1:85,505 | 14,862 |
| Cameroon | 765 | 1:27,149 | 3,694 |
| Nigeria | 150 | 1:1,180,952 | 47,933 |
| Uganda | 113 | 1:345,480 | 22,807 |
| Kenya | 91 | 1:507,471 | 25,695 |
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| Papua New Guinea | 56 | 1:145,602 | 20,089 |
| Indonesia | 36 | 1:3,673,589 | 193,360 |
| United States | 34 | 1:10,660,557 | 428,392 |
| Iran | 14 | 1:5,484,466 | 128,255 |
| Taiwan | 12 | 1:1,953,729 | 12,642 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Alega (180) may also be a first name.
Alega Demographics
Average Alega Salary in
United States
$41,071 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Alega Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alega Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Alega (Marathi: आलेगा, Russian: Алега) is found in The Philippines more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Alega click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alega? popularity and diffusion
Alega is the 169,063rd most commonly used family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 2,853,385 people. The last name Alega occurs mostly in Asia, where 49 percent of Alega live; 48 percent live in Southeast Asia and 46 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. Alega is also the 679,247th most frequent forename globally, held by 180 people.
The last name Alega is most widely held in The Philippines, where it is held by 1,184 people, or 1 in 85,505. In The Philippines Alega is most frequent in: Calabarzon, where 27 percent are found, National Capital Region, where 14 percent are found and Ilocos, where 13 percent are found. Excluding The Philippines this last name exists in 19 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 30 percent are found and Nigeria, where 6 percent are found.
Alega Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Alega has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Alega surname increased 850 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Alega Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Alega surname are 13.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60% being registered with the political party.
Alega earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 4.82% less than the national average, earning $41,071 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Alega Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Alega in the Marathi language | ||
| आलेगा | alega | - |
| Alega in the Russian language | ||
| Алега | alega | - |
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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 Alega
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