Daaga Surname
Approximately 458 people bear this surname
Daaga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 379 | 1:27,271 | 3,624 |
| Uganda | 35 | 1:1,115,408 | 46,348 |
| India | 15 | 1:51,137,692 | 512,385 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 5 | 1:272,795 | 11,064 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Daaga (131) may also be a first name.
Daaga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Daaga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Daaga (Marathi: डागा, Russian: Даага) is more frequently found in Benin than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Daaga? popularity and diffusion
The last name Daaga is the 657,184th most frequently occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,911,672 people. The last name Daaga is predominantly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Daaga reside; 84 percent reside in West Africa and 84 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Daaga is also the 811,108th most commonly occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 131 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Benin, where it is held by 379 people, or 1 in 27,271. In Benin Daaga is most frequent in: Collines Department, where 45 percent reside, Zou Department, where 23 percent reside and Kouffo Department, where 22 percent reside. Aside from Benin Daaga is found in 15 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 8 percent reside and India, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Daaga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Daaga in the Marathi language | ||
| डागा | daga | - |
| Daaga in the Russian language | ||
| Даага | daaga | - |
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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 Daaga
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