Baga Surname
Approximately 34,711 people bear this surname
Baga Surname User-submission:
Bagà, with an open accent on the a, is a Catalan surname. It comes from a Celtic name, Bacauda. It's also a village in northern Catalonia.
Baga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 11,014 | 1:16,220 | 1,033 |
| Burkina Faso | 7,854 | 1:2,337 | 327 |
| Philippines | 4,300 | 1:23,544 | 3,089 |
| India | 2,970 | 1:258,271 | 14,895 |
| Nepal | 1,245 | 1:22,876 | 1,015 |
| Indonesia | 1,007 | 1:131,330 | 13,146 |
| Nigeria | 669 | 1:264,787 | 15,152 |
| Bangladesh | 541 | 1:294,560 | 8,696 |
| Turkey | 517 | 1:150,525 | 11,887 |
| Cameroon | 445 | 1:46,672 | 6,131 |
| Italy | 417 | 1:146,659 | 23,049 |
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| United States | 288 | 1:1,258,538 | 88,794 |
| Papua New Guinea | 287 | 1:28,410 | 3,214 |
| Tanzania | 273 | 1:193,925 | 16,636 |
| Ivory Coast | 272 | 1:84,821 | 4,556 |
| Algeria | 264 | 1:146,332 | 19,345 |
| Mali | 258 | 1:65,771 | 1,556 |
| Uganda | 211 | 1:185,020 | 15,254 |
| Russia | 158 | 1:912,171 | 72,266 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| DR Congo | 144 | 1:513,053 | 40,658 |
| Romania | 123 | 1:163,235 | 16,981 |
| Niger | 102 | 1:188,157 | 6,491 |
| Benin | 89 | 1:116,130 | 12,862 |
| England | 83 | 1:671,302 | 38,633 |
| Taiwan | 78 | 1:300,574 | 2,443 |
| Malaysia | 71 | 1:415,412 | 21,545 |
| Spain | 50 | 1:935,041 | 35,950 |
| Brazil | 49 | 1:4,368,864 | 116,514 |
| Hungary | 40 | 1:245,407 | 19,663 |
| Kazakhstan | 40 | 1:442,062 | 33,686 |
| Mauritania | 35 | 1:116,996 | 6,922 |
| France | 35 | 1:1,897,792 | 163,564 |
| Canada | 34 | 1:1,083,694 | 79,951 |
| Zimbabwe | 31 | 1:498,008 | 41,116 |
| Qatar | 28 | 1:84,214 | 9,043 |
| Belarus | 26 | 1:365,425 | 38,396 |
| Argentina | 25 | 1:1,709,737 | 90,467 |
| Slovakia | 16 | 1:333,528 | 46,365 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Solomon Islands | 7 | 1:82,861 | 15,196 |
| Northern Ireland | 6 | 1:307,506 | 12,899 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Mongolia | 4 | 1:706,322 | 11,365 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Greece | 3 | 1:3,693,263 | 126,191 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 1:3,216,374 | 32,290 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 9 | 1:2,708,374 | 73,770 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13 | 1:3,862,976 | 168,604 |
The alternate forms: Bagà (2) & Bagá (1) are calculated separately.
Baga (16,779) may also be a first name.
Baga Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Bagà, with an open accent on the a, is a Catalan surname. It comes from a Celtic name, Bacauda. It's also a village in northern Catalonia.
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Baga Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
in Russia
Baga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Baga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Baga (Arabic: باغا, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺎﻙ, Hindi: बागा, Marathi: बगा, Oriya: ବାଗା, Russian: Бага, Tibetan: བ་ག་) occurs more in Pakistan more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant: Bagà or Bagá. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Baga? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 16,058th most common surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 209,949 people. The last name Baga occurs predominantly in Asia, where 63 percent of Baga reside; 45 percent reside in South Asia and 34 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 42,931st most widespread first name internationally, borne by 16,779 people.
Baga is most frequently used in Pakistan, where it is held by 11,014 people, or 1 in 16,220. In Pakistan it is primarily concentrated in: Punjab, where 100 percent reside, Sindh, where 0 percent reside and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 0 percent reside. Barring Pakistan it occurs in 81 countries. It also occurs in Burkina Faso, where 23 percent reside and The Philippines, where 12 percent reside.
Baga Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Baga has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Baga last name expanded 2,215 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 922 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Baga Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Orthodox (78%) in Russia, Muslim (69%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (80%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Baga last name are 4.84% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 51.61% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Baga earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 0.51% less than the national average, earning $42,928 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.07% less than the national average, earning $47,661 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Baga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Baga in the Tibetan language | ||
| བ་ག་ | baga | - |
| Baga in the Hindi language | ||
| बागा | baga | 60.64 |
| बगा | baga | 37.3 |
| बांगा | banga | 0.24 |
| बागे | bage | 0.18 |
| ़बगा | baga | 0.12 |
| वागा | vaga | 0.12 |
| बाग़ | baga | 0.06 |
| बाग्गा | bagga | 0.06 |
| Baga in the Marathi language | ||
| बगा | baga | 58.75 |
| बागा | baga | 39.57 |
| बाग | baga | 0.48 |
| Baga in the Oriya language | ||
| ବାଗା | baga | 47.87 |
| ବଗା | baga | 37.64 |
| ବାଗ | baga | 9.09 |
| ବଗ | baga | 3.69 |
| ବାଘ | bagha | 0.43 |
| ବାେଗ | baega | 0.14 |
| ୱାଗା | waga | 0.14 |
| େଯାଗୀ | eyagi | 0.14 |
| ବଗ଼ | baga | 0.14 |
| Baga in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺎﻙ | bak | 36.36 |
| ﺑﺎﻛﻪ | bakh | 36.36 |
| ﺑﺎﻛﺎ | baka | 9.09 |
| ﺑﺎﻕ | baq | 9.09 |
| ﺍﺑﺎﻙ | abak | 9.09 |
| Baga in the Russian language | ||
| Бага | baga | - |
| Baga in the Arabic language | ||
| باغا | bagha | - |
| بغا | bgha | - |
| باقي | baqy | - |
| بغي | bghy | - |
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