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 most common in Burkina Faso. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bagaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bagaya is the 24,621st most common surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 332,203 people. Bagaya is mostly found 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 frequently used given name on earth. It is borne by 490 people.
The last name Bagaya is most widely held in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 16,898 people, or 1 in 1,086. In Burkina Faso Bagaya is primarily concentrated in: Nord Region, where 47 percent reside, Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 23 percent reside and Hauts-Bassins Region, where 16 percent reside. Outside of Burkina Faso this surname exists in 27 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 7 percent reside and Uganda, where 5 percent reside.
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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