Baghaya Surname
Approximately 229 people bear this surname
Baghaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 209 | 1:81,910 | 10,289 |
| Uganda | 17 | 1:2,296,428 | 70,019 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Baghaya (17) may also be a first name.
Baghaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Baghaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Baghaya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻘﻴﺎ, Oriya: ବାଘାୟା) is found in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Baghaya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Baghaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Baghaya is the 1,079,669th most widely held last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 31,823,345 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Baghaya live; 92 percent live in Southern Africa and 92 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Baghaya is also the 2,694,839th most common first name in the world It is held by 17 people.
The surname Baghaya is most widespread in Malawi, where it is held by 209 people, or 1 in 81,910. Besides Malawi this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 7 percent live and India, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Baghaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Baghaya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻘﻴﺎ | bqya | - |
| Baghaya in the Oriya language | ||
| ବାଘାୟା | baghaya | - |
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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 Baghaya
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