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 Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Baga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Baga (Arabic: باغا, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺎﻙ, Hindi: बागा, Marathi: बगा, Oriya: ବାଗା, Russian: Бага, Tibetan: བ་ག་) is found most frequently in Pakistan. It may appear in the variant forms: Bagà or Bagá. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Baga? popularity and diffusion
Baga is the 16,058th most frequently used family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 209,949 people. The last name 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 frequently occurring first name internationally, held by 16,779 people.
It is most commonly used in Pakistan, where it is borne by 11,014 people, or 1 in 16,220. In Pakistan it is most numerous in: Punjab, where 100 percent live, Sindh, where 0 percent live and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 0 percent live. Other than Pakistan this surname exists in 81 countries. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 23 percent live and The Philippines, where 12 percent live.
Baga Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Baga has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Baga surname rose 2,215 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 922 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Baga Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Baga surname is primarily Orthodox (78%) in Russia, Muslim (69%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (80%) in Ukraine.
In The United States Baga are 4.84% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 51.61% being registered with 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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