Atsaga Surname
Approximately 520 people bear this surname
Atsaga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 492 | 1:360,046 | 19,339 |
| Cameroon | 28 | 1:741,752 | 52,682 |
Atsaga (48) may also be a first name.
Atsaga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Atsaga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Atsaga occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Atsaga? popularity and diffusion
It is the 598,302nd most commonly occurring family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 14,014,511 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Atsaga live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Atsaga is also the 1,448,253rd most frequently used given name on earth, held by 48 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 492 people, or 1 in 360,046. In Nigeria Atsaga is mostly found in: Benue, where 89 percent live, Nasarawa, where 5 percent live and Taraba, where 5 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 5 percent live.
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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 Atsaga
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