Badiger Surname

5,316th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 106,529 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Badiger Surname User-submission:

The Badiger surname comes from South Indian language Kannada. It comes from badagi, meaning 'stick', and yavar, meaning 'who relate to' or 'who works with'. So the surname means 'carpenters'.

This surname usually belongs to Vishwakarma caste, which is made of 5 groups of people divided by their occupation, they are carpenters, sculpters, potters, goldsmiths, blacksmiths.

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Badiger Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India106,3631:7,212628
United Arab Emirates421:218,14914,475
Qatar281:84,2149,043
England251:2,228,72284,230
Australia231:1,173,72664,589
United States211:17,259,949572,238
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Guinea11:11,833,8173,268
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
France11:66,422,722504,397
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432

Badiger (109) may also be a first name.

Badiger Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Badiger surname comes from South Indian language Kannada. It comes from badagi, meaning 'stick', and yavar, meaning 'who relate to' or 'who works with'. So the surname means 'carpenters'.

This surname usually belongs to Vishwakarma caste, which is made of 5 groups of people divided by their occupation, they are carpenters, sculpters, potters, goldsmiths, blacksmiths.

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Badiger Last Name Facts

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

The surname Badiger (Marathi: बडीगेर) occurs more in India more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Badiger click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Badiger? popularity and diffusion

The last name Badiger is the 5,316th most commonly used family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 68,409 people. The surname Badiger is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Badiger reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 100 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Badiger is also the 900,062nd most prevalent given name worldwide It is held by 109 people.

The last name is most frequently held in India, where it is borne by 106,363 people, or 1 in 7,212. In India Badiger is primarily found in: Karnataka, where 99 percent reside, Maharashtra, where 1 percent reside and Goa, where 0 percent reside. Not including India this last name occurs in 18 countries. It is also found in The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent reside and Qatar, where 0 percent reside.

Badiger Last Name Statistics demography

Badiger earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 5.31% less than the national average, earning $40,857 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Badiger Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Badiger in the Marathi language
बडीगेरbadigera60.11
बिडगेरbidagera26.41
बिदगेरbidagera5.5
बडीगरbadigara1.65
बडगेरbadagera1.1
बडीगरेbadigare1.1
बदीगरbadigara0.83
बडेगराbadegara0.55
बाडीगेरbadigera0.55
बदीगेरbadigera0.55
बडीेगरेbadiegare0.28
बडिगरेbadigare0.28
वडीगेरvadigera0.28
बडागेरbadagera0.28
बड़गेरbaragera0.28

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