Bagaja Surname
Approximately 721 people bear this surname
Bagaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 712 | 1:64,859 | 6,251 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Bagaja (428) may also be a first name.
Bagaja Demographics
Bagaja Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Bagaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bagaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bagaja (Marathi: बागजा) is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bagaja? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bagaja is the 466,730th most prevalent surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 10,107,553 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Bagaja reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 74 percent reside in Cushitic Africa. Bagaja is also the 415,075th most frequently held first name globally It is held by 428 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 712 people, or 1 in 64,859. In Kenya Bagaja is mostly concentrated in: Marsabit County, where 39 percent live, Isiolo County, where 36 percent live and Tana River County, where 22 percent live. Other than Kenya Bagaja is found in 6 countries. It is also common in India, where 1 percent live and The DR Congo, where 0 percent live.
Bagaja Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Bagaja surname is primarily Muslim (77%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bagaja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bagaja in the Marathi language | ||
| बागजा | bagaja | 66.67 |
| बगजा | bagaja | 33.33 |
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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 Bagaja
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