Avaga Surname
Approximately 1,358 people bear this surname
Avaga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 1,278 | 1:30,547 | 4,153 |
| India | 40 | 1:19,176,635 | 286,670 |
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Avaga (31) may also be a first name.
Avaga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Avaga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Avaga (Marathi: अवगण) is found most frequently in Uganda. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Avaga? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 283,643rd most commonly held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 5,366,381 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Avaga reside; 94 percent reside in East Africa and 86 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most frequently used first name throughout the world, borne by 31 people.
The surname Avaga is most numerous in Uganda, where it is held by 1,278 people, or 1 in 30,547. In Uganda it is most common in: Arua District, where 79 percent live, Maracha District, where 12 percent live and Kiryandongo District, where 2 percent live. Outside of Uganda Avaga is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in India, where 3 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Avaga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Avaga in the Marathi language | ||
| अवगण | avagana | - |
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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 Avaga
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