Faga Surname
Approximately 6,626 people bear this surname
Faga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3,487 | 1:50,801 | 3,893 |
| Italy | 737 | 1:82,981 | 14,447 |
| Brazil | 725 | 1:295,275 | 11,370 |
| United States | 533 | 1:680,036 | 54,089 |
| Argentina | 319 | 1:133,992 | 11,330 |
| Fiji | 157 | 1:5,697 | 1,113 |
| Solomon Islands | 152 | 1:3,816 | 442 |
| Uganda | 126 | 1:309,836 | 21,278 |
| Cameroon | 53 | 1:391,869 | 33,952 |
| Papua New Guinea | 45 | 1:181,194 | 25,163 |
| Indonesia | 41 | 1:3,225,590 | 176,839 |
| Switzerland | 34 | 1:241,556 | 20,206 |
| Canada | 34 | 1:1,083,694 | 79,951 |
| American Samoa | 22 | 1:2,534 | 546 |
| Honduras | 20 | 1:440,822 | 3,218 |
| Greece | 17 | 1:651,752 | 73,285 |
| Slovakia | 15 | 1:355,763 | 48,124 |
| Venezuela | 11 | 1:2,745,825 | 29,869 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Turkey | 10 | 1:7,782,142 | 126,629 |
| Spain | 9 | 1:5,194,671 | 82,436 |
| Taiwan | 8 | 1:2,930,593 | 17,989 |
| New Zealand | 7 | 1:646,903 | 40,014 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Samoa | 1 | 1:193,808 | 1,089 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 37 | 1:1,357,262 | 74,323 |
The alternate forms: Fagá (38), Fagà (16) & Fága (1) are calculated separately.
Faga (3,086) may also be a first name.
Faga Demographics
Average Faga Salary in
United States
$50,558 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Faga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Faga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Faga (Hindi: फगा, Oriya: ଫଗ) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant: Fagá, Fagà or Fága. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Faga? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 74,218th most widespread surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,099,841 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 56 percent of Faga reside; 53 percent reside in West Africa and 53 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 129,850th most frequent first name throughout the world, borne by 3,086 people.
Faga is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 3,487 people, or 1 in 50,801. In Nigeria Faga is most numerous in: Benue, where 84 percent live, Nasarawa, where 4 percent live and Taraba, where 4 percent live. Other than Nigeria it occurs in 49 countries. It also occurs in Italy, where 11 percent live and Brazil, where 11 percent live.
Faga Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Faga has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Faga last name expanded 1,441 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Faga Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Faga last name are 4.17% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50.94% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Faga earn in different countries varies markedly. In Italy they earn 12.5% less than the national average, earning €26,277 per year; in United States they earn 17.17% more than the national average, earning $50,558 USD per year and in Canada they earn 23.51% more than the national average, earning $61,364 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Faga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faga in the Hindi language | ||
| फगा | phaga | 83.33 |
| फागा | phaga | 16.67 |
| Faga in the Oriya language | ||
| ଫଗ | phaga | 50 |
| ଫଗା | phaga | 50 |
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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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- 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 Faga
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