Diga Surname
Approximately 5,135 people bear this surname
Diga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 2,414 | 1:41,938 | 6,625 |
| Nigeria | 753 | 1:235,249 | 13,711 |
| Algeria | 581 | 1:66,491 | 10,885 |
| India | 171 | 1:4,485,762 | 116,822 |
| Papua New Guinea | 161 | 1:50,644 | 6,358 |
| United States | 144 | 1:2,517,076 | 153,460 |
| Cameroon | 127 | 1:163,536 | 17,652 |
| Ivory Coast | 107 | 1:215,619 | 9,011 |
| Romania | 105 | 1:191,218 | 19,313 |
| Indonesia | 72 | 1:1,836,794 | 117,778 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Russia | 35 | 1:4,117,802 | 198,221 |
| Tanzania | 31 | 1:1,707,794 | 47,542 |
| Germany | 31 | 1:2,596,950 | 129,424 |
| Czechia | 28 | 1:379,767 | 44,481 |
| Poland | 27 | 1:1,407,731 | 83,680 |
| Ethiopia | 25 | 1:3,901,850 | 10,182 |
| Niger | 24 | 1:799,667 | 18,510 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Brazil | 20 | 1:10,703,717 | 220,519 |
| Greece | 16 | 1:692,487 | 77,522 |
| Taiwan | 16 | 1:1,465,297 | 9,806 |
| Turkey | 16 | 1:4,863,839 | 107,230 |
| Bulgaria | 16 | 1:436,182 | 20,063 |
| Canada | 15 | 1:2,456,373 | 146,130 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| Haiti | 9 | 1:1,187,101 | 12,579 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Israel | 9 | 1:950,848 | 57,975 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| Italy | 6 | 1:10,192,781 | 121,657 |
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Slovakia | 4 | 1:1,334,112 | 94,300 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Digă (5) are calculated separately.
Diga (18,145) may also be a first name.
Diga Demographics
Diga Political Affiliation
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Diga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Diga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Diga (Hindi: डीगा, Marathi: डीगा, Oriya: ଦିଗା, Russian: Дига, Tibetan: དི་ག་) is borne by more people in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Digă. Click here for further possible spellings of Diga.
How Common Is The Last Name Diga? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 92,998th most frequently used surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,419,191 people. Diga occurs mostly in Asia, where 53 percent of Diga live; 49 percent live in Southeast Asia and 47 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. Diga is also the 40,587th most commonly occurring given name on earth. It is borne by 18,145 people.
The surname is most commonly held in The Philippines, where it is borne by 2,414 people, or 1 in 41,938. In The Philippines it is most frequent in: Ilocos, where 23 percent are found, Central Luzon, where 13 percent are found and Zamboanga Peninsula, where 11 percent are found. Not including The Philippines it is found in 56 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 15 percent are found and Algeria, where 11 percent are found.
Diga Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Diga has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Diga surname increased 14,400 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Diga Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Diga surname are 14.16% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 67.39% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Diga earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 39.25% more than the national average, earning $60,086 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.68% less than the national average, earning $48,351 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Diga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Diga in the Tibetan language | ||
| དི་ག་ | diga | - |
| Diga in the Marathi language | ||
| डीगा | diga | - |
| Diga in the Oriya language | ||
| ଦିଗା | diga | 58.29 |
| ଦିଗ | diga | 24 |
| ଡିଗା | diga | 11.43 |
| ଡିଗ | diga | 1.71 |
| ଦୀଗା | diga | 1.71 |
| ଦୀଗ | diga | 0.57 |
| Diga in the Hindi language | ||
| डीगा | diga | 50 |
| डिगा | diga | 43.33 |
| दीगा | diga | 3.33 |
| दिगा | diga | 3.33 |
| Diga in the Russian language | ||
| Дига | diga | - |
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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 Diga
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