Argaya Surname
Approximately 273 people bear this surname
Argaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 175 | 1:109,669 | 4,389 |
| Nigeria | 42 | 1:4,217,685 | 117,088 |
| Spain | 39 | 1:1,198,770 | 41,125 |
| Argentina | 11 | 1:3,885,765 | 145,016 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
Argaya (107) may also be a first name.
Argaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Argaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Argaya (Marathi: अरोगया) has its highest incidence in Niger. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Argaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Argaya is the 956,400th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 26,694,307 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 79 percent of Argaya live; 79 percent live in West Africa and 64 percent live in Chadic Africa. Argaya is also the 910,230th most common first name worldwide. It is borne by 107 people.
The surname Argaya is most common in Niger, where it is held by 175 people, or 1 in 109,669. In Niger Argaya is most prevalent in: Tillabéri Region, where 93 percent are found and Niamey Capital District, where 7 percent are found. Outside of Niger this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 15 percent are found and Spain, where 14 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Argaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Argaya in the Marathi language | ||
| अरोगया | arogaya | - |
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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 Argaya
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