Beaga Surname
Approximately 848 people bear this surname
Beaga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 755 | 1:24,307 | 1,542 |
| Papua New Guinea | 73 | 1:111,695 | 15,161 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Beagá (1) are calculated separately.
Beaga (11) may also be a first name.
Beaga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Beaga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Beaga occurs more in Burkina Faso more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Beagá. For other possible spellings of Beaga click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Beaga? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 411,457th most common surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 8,593,804 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Beaga reside; 90 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Beaga is also the 3,487,849th most widespread given name internationally It is held by 11 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 755 people, or 1 in 24,307. In Burkina Faso Beaga is primarily found in: Centre-Est Region, where 94 percent reside, Centre Region, where 3 percent reside and Est Region, where 2 percent reside. Aside from Burkina Faso this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 9 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Beaga
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