Bagration Surname

1,918,812th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 94 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Abkhazia

Bagration Surname User-submission:

This surname is probably derived from the Greek word pakration, which means 'ruler of the lands'. The rulers of Georgia were from the Bagration dynasty.

Bagration Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia681:2,119,457129,651
Georgia61:624,25819,750
Belarus41:2,375,265105,497
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Abkhazia11:242,8655,354
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786

Bagration (53) may also be a first name.

Bagration Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname is probably derived from the Greek word pakration, which means 'ruler of the lands'. The rulers of Georgia were from the Bagration dynasty.

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Bagration Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bagration Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Bagration (Georgian: ბაგრატიონ, Russian: Багратион) has its highest incidence in Russia. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bagration? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,918,812th most commonly held last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 77,527,084 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 71 percent of Bagration reside; 66 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 64 percent reside in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 1,366,219th most commonly held first name worldwide It is held by 53 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Russia, where it is held by 68 people, or 1 in 2,119,457. In Russia Bagration is most numerous in: Moscow, where 25 percent are found, Krasnodar Krai, where 10 percent are found and Saint Petersburg, where 9 percent are found. Barring Russia this last name is found in 15 countries. It also occurs in Georgia, where 6 percent are found and Belarus, where 4 percent are found.

Bagration Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Bagration are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the A Just Russia Party than The US average, with 50% being registered to vote for the political party.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bagrationi95651/
Bagrationiy901/
Bagratian8921/
Bogration893/
Bagrationova8682/
Bagratiani843/
Bogrationi841/
Bagratyan78864/
Vagratian785/
Bagartian781/
Bogrationova7610/
Bangratyan741/
Bagrushin6715/
Vagratyan671/

Bagration Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bagration in the Georgian language
ბაგრატიონbagration-
Bagration in the Russian language
Багратионbagration-

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