Ağayev Surname

9,316th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 60,851 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Azerbaijan
Highest density in:
Azerbaijan

Ağayev Surname User-submission:

Ağa or Agha means a 'high ranked man', an owner of slaves.

Ağayev Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Azerbaijan60,8501:15926
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ağayev Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Ağa or Agha means a 'high ranked man', an owner of slaves.

- deyanet
DNA test information

Ağayev Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ağayev Come From? nationality or country of origin

Ağayev is more frequently found in Azerbaijan than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Ağayev.

How Common Is The Last Name Ağayev? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ağayev is the 9,316th most frequent family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 119,760 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 95 percent of Ağayev are found; 95 percent are found in West Asia and 95 percent are found in Transcaucasia.

The last name Ağayev is most frequent in Azerbaijan, where it is held by 60,850 people, or 1 in 159. In Azerbaijan it is mostly concentrated in: Baku, where 18 percent live, Jalilabad District, where 7 percent live and Masally District, where 6 percent live. Outside of Azerbaijan Ağayev occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ağyev914/
Aağyev831/
Ağajev831/
Ayev80353/
Ağajeva771/
Ayeva734,422/
Hayev73156/
Gayev7321/
Ahyev736/
Ayiev731/
Aev67805/
Yev67512/
Gayeva6751/
Hahyev6727/
Ayv678/
Hayeva673/
Hayoev672/
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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
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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Ağayev
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