Bagaya Surname
Approximately 21,937 people bear this surname
Bagaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 16,898 | 1:1,086 | 168 |
| DR Congo | 1,621 | 1:45,577 | 5,523 |
| Uganda | 1,094 | 1:35,685 | 4,664 |
| Mali | 1,033 | 1:16,427 | 669 |
| Tanzania | 730 | 1:72,523 | 7,575 |
| Niger | 249 | 1:77,076 | 3,388 |
| Ivory Coast | 118 | 1:195,519 | 8,450 |
| Nigeria | 93 | 1:1,904,761 | 67,919 |
| Papua New Guinea | 37 | 1:220,371 | 30,351 |
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Congo | 3 | 1:1,663,032 | 27,638 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Bagaya (490) may also be a first name.
Bagaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bagaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bagaya (Hindi: बगया, Marathi: बागया, Oriya: ବାଗାୟ) is borne by more people in Burkina Faso than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bagaya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 24,621st most frequently occurring last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 332,203 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Bagaya are found; 84 percent are found in West Africa and 55 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 383,918th most frequent first name throughout the world, borne by 490 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 16,898 people, or 1 in 1,086. In Burkina Faso it is mostly concentrated in: Nord Region, where 47 percent live, Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 23 percent live and Hauts-Bassins Region, where 16 percent live. Outside of Burkina Faso it exists in 27 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 7 percent live and Uganda, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bagaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bagaya in the Oriya language | ||
| ବାଗାୟ | bagaya | 75 |
| ବଗାୟ | bagaya | 25 |
| Bagaya in the Marathi language | ||
| बागया | bagaya | 68.75 |
| बागाया | bagaya | 18.75 |
| बगाया | bagaya | 12.5 |
| Bagaya in the Hindi language | ||
| बगया | bagaya | 50 |
| बगय | bagaya | 50 |
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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 Bagaya
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