Diaga Surname
Approximately 1,575 people bear this surname
Diaga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 976 | 1:14,938 | 456 |
| Philippines | 258 | 1:392,396 | 50,646 |
| Mali | 258 | 1:65,771 | 1,556 |
| Ivory Coast | 34 | 1:678,566 | 19,270 |
| Niger | 17 | 1:1,128,942 | 24,295 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Diaga (3,602) may also be a first name.
Diaga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Diaga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Diaga (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﺎﻛﺎ, Hindi: दीअग, Russian: Диага) is held by more people in Senegal than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Diaga? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 251,505th most prevalent last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 4,627,013 people. The surname Diaga occurs mostly in Africa, where 81 percent of Diaga are found; 81 percent are found in West Africa and 62 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. Diaga is also the 117,874th most prevalent first name at a global level. It is borne by 3,602 people.
This last name is most frequent in Senegal, where it is held by 976 people, or 1 in 14,938. In Senegal Diaga is mostly concentrated in: Saint Louis Region, where 30 percent live, Dakar Region, where 22 percent live and Louga Region, where 22 percent live. Barring Senegal this last name exists in 20 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 16 percent live and Mali, where 16 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Diaga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Diaga in the Hindi language | ||
| दीअग | di'aga | - |
| Diaga in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺟﺎﻛﺎ | jaka | 54.55 |
| ﺟﺎﻗﺎ | jaqa | 9.09 |
| ﺍﻧﺠﺎﻙ | anjak | 9.09 |
| ﺟﻜﺎ | jka | 9.09 |
| ﺍﺩﻳﺎﻛﺎ | adyaka | 9.09 |
| ﺟﺎﻧﻜﺎﻥ | jankan | 9.09 |
| Diaga in the Russian language | ||
| Диага | diaga | - |
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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 Diaga
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