Bega Surname
Approximately 13,699 people bear this surname
Bega Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 4,721 | 1:162,479 | 10,109 |
| Albania | 1,767 | 1:1,649 | 250 |
| Brazil | 708 | 1:302,365 | 11,666 |
| United States | 698 | 1:519,282 | 43,383 |
| Tanzania | 600 | 1:88,236 | 8,919 |
| Kosovo | 576 | 1:3,232 | 538 |
| Italy | 439 | 1:139,309 | 22,147 |
| Papua New Guinea | 431 | 1:18,918 | 1,936 |
| Burkina Faso | 354 | 1:51,842 | 2,272 |
| Indonesia | 308 | 1:429,380 | 36,011 |
| Argentina | 302 | 1:141,534 | 11,975 |
| France | 217 | 1:306,095 | 46,684 |
| Romania | 205 | 1:97,941 | 11,166 |
| Nepal | 178 | 1:160,005 | 2,647 |
| Greece | 175 | 1:63,313 | 10,595 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Turkmenistan | 148 | 1:37,089 | 692 |
| Mexico | 142 | 1:874,128 | 12,199 |
| Mauritius | 130 | 1:9,949 | 2,155 |
| DR Congo | 116 | 1:636,893 | 47,292 |
| Nigeria | 115 | 1:1,540,372 | 58,295 |
| Niger | 114 | 1:168,351 | 6,055 |
| Russia | 102 | 1:1,412,971 | 98,464 |
| Cameroon | 81 | 1:256,408 | 24,973 |
| England | 65 | 1:857,201 | 45,134 |
| Moldova | 61 | 1:58,383 | 8,186 |
| Germany | 56 | 1:1,437,597 | 88,094 |
| Switzerland | 52 | 1:157,941 | 14,824 |
| Luxembourg | 48 | 1:12,095 | 2,127 |
| South Africa | 47 | 1:1,152,717 | 66,933 |
| Colombia | 46 | 1:1,038,567 | 9,368 |
| Philippines | 44 | 1:2,300,869 | 126,392 |
| Canada | 39 | 1:944,759 | 71,777 |
| Kazakhstan | 39 | 1:453,397 | 34,287 |
| Israel | 37 | 1:231,287 | 21,601 |
| Pakistan | 36 | 1:4,962,330 | 32,327 |
| Slovakia | 33 | 1:161,711 | 28,420 |
| Honduras | 30 | 1:293,881 | 2,662 |
| Australia | 20 | 1:1,349,785 | 70,688 |
| Taiwan | 19 | 1:1,233,934 | 8,385 |
| Transnistria | 19 | 1:24,984 | 4,311 |
| Poland | 18 | 1:2,111,597 | 101,748 |
| Peru | 16 | 1:1,986,508 | 25,077 |
| Panama | 16 | 1:244,516 | 6,353 |
| Belarus | 14 | 1:678,647 | 56,781 |
| Benin | 14 | 1:738,257 | 40,906 |
| Uruguay | 13 | 1:263,981 | 18,914 |
| Mauritania | 12 | 1:341,239 | 14,334 |
| Turkey | 12 | 1:6,485,118 | 119,359 |
| Nicaragua | 12 | 1:501,758 | 3,714 |
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| Venezuela | 11 | 1:2,745,825 | 29,869 |
| Czechia | 11 | 1:966,679 | 76,885 |
| Spain | 10 | 1:4,675,204 | 78,608 |
| Kenya | 7 | 1:6,597,129 | 51,431 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| El Salvador | 2 | 1:3,171,944 | 6,376 |
| Guatemala | 2 | 1:8,041,334 | 9,698 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 17 | 1:2,954,040 | 135,915 |
The alternate forms: Béga (18) are calculated separately.
Bega (34,173) may also be a first name.
Bega Demographics
Average Bega Salary in
United States
$42,387 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Bega Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bega Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bega (Georgian: ბეგა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻜﻪ, Hindi: बेगा, Marathi: बेग, Oriya: େବଗା, Russian: Бега) has its highest incidence in India. It can appear as: Béga. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bega? popularity and diffusion
It is the 38,397th most frequently held family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 531,976 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 41 percent of Bega live; 36 percent live in South Asia and 36 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 25,190th most frequently occurring first name globally. It is borne by 34,173 people.
The last name Bega is most prevalent in India, where it is carried by 4,721 people, or 1 in 162,479. In India it is primarily found in: Gujarat, where 45 percent live, Karnataka, where 23 percent live and Jharkhand, where 13 percent live. Excluding India it is found in 81 countries. It is also common in Albania, where 13 percent live and Brazil, where 5 percent live.
Bega Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Bega has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Bega last name increased 4,106 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Bega Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Bega last name is predominantly Muslim (67%) in Kenya and Orthodox (77%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Bega surname are 11.73% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 64.96% registered with the political party.
The amount Bega earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 51.08% more than the national average, earning €45,370 per year; in Norway they earn 48.85% less than the national average, earning 177,010 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 15.62% less than the national average, earning R 200,508 per year; in Colombia they earn 74.55% more than the national average, earning $39,627,000 COP per year; in United States they earn 1.77% less than the national average, earning $42,387 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.4% less than the national average, earning $41,536 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bega Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bega in the Georgian language | ||
| ბეგა | bega | - |
| Bega in the Hindi language | ||
| बेगा | bega | 98.35 |
| बेग | bega | 0.41 |
| ब्ेगा | bega | 0.16 |
| बेग्ा | bega | 0.08 |
| बॅगा | bega | 0.08 |
| बेगी | begi | 0.08 |
| बॅग | bega | 0.08 |
| Bega in the Oriya language | ||
| େବଗା | ebaga | 87.5 |
| େବଗ | ebaga | 9.38 |
| େବଗ୍ | ebag | 3.13 |
| Bega in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻜﻪ | bkh | 85.71 |
| ﺑﻚ | bk | 14.29 |
| Bega in the Marathi language | ||
| बेग | bega | 61.34 |
| बेगा | bega | 36.6 |
| बॅगा | bega | 1.03 |
| Bega in the Russian language | ||
| Бега | bega | - |
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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 Bega
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