Balagha Surname
Approximately 333 people bear this surname
Balagha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 203 | 1:227,487 | 15,979 |
| Philippines | 49 | 1:2,066,086 | 120,732 |
| India | 45 | 1:17,045,897 | 267,282 |
| Nigeria | 28 | 1:6,326,527 | 151,186 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
Balagha (29) may also be a first name.
Balagha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Balagha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Balagha (Marathi: बलघा) occurs more in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Balagha click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Balagha? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 830,559th most frequently used family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 21,884,522 people. Balagha occurs predominantly in Africa, where 71 percent of Balagha live; 61 percent live in East Africa and 61 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Balagha is also the 1,951,561st most widely held forename internationally. It is borne by 29 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is borne by 203 people, or 1 in 227,487. In Kenya Balagha is primarily found in: Tana River County, where 99 percent are found, Kiambu County, where 0 percent are found and Mombasa County, where 0 percent are found. Barring Kenya this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 15 percent are found and India, where 14 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Balagha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Balagha in the Marathi language | ||
| बलघा | balagha | 52.38 |
| बलगा | balaga | 47.62 |
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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 Balagha
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