Gaga Surname
Approximately 21,234 people bear this surname
Gaga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rwanda | 4,031 | 1:2,819 | 692 |
| South Africa | 2,517 | 1:21,525 | 2,727 |
| Nigeria | 2,223 | 1:79,686 | 5,651 |
| Morocco | 1,295 | 1:26,622 | 4,228 |
| Chad | 1,252 | 1:10,856 | 1,398 |
| India | 1,234 | 1:621,609 | 29,693 |
| Indonesia | 849 | 1:155,771 | 15,234 |
| Tanzania | 798 | 1:66,343 | 7,006 |
| Benin | 776 | 1:13,319 | 1,816 |
| Malawi | 706 | 1:24,248 | 3,692 |
| Turkey | 565 | 1:137,737 | 11,153 |
| Romania | 483 | 1:41,569 | 5,269 |
| Niger | 458 | 1:41,904 | 2,218 |
| Ivory Coast | 436 | 1:52,916 | 3,212 |
| Cameroon | 427 | 1:48,640 | 6,360 |
| Ghana | 416 | 1:64,954 | 6,785 |
| Philippines | 412 | 1:245,724 | 36,968 |
| DR Congo | 376 | 1:196,488 | 19,671 |
| Papua New Guinea | 287 | 1:28,410 | 3,214 |
| Algeria | 230 | 1:167,963 | 21,141 |
| Kenya | 174 | 1:265,402 | 17,619 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| United States | 112 | 1:3,236,240 | 185,654 |
| Zimbabwe | 103 | 1:149,886 | 19,081 |
| Israel | 101 | 1:84,729 | 10,121 |
| Pakistan | 83 | 1:2,152,336 | 20,049 |
| England | 60 | 1:928,634 | 47,428 |
| France | 48 | 1:1,383,807 | 136,859 |
| Latvia | 48 | 1:42,709 | 6,498 |
| Uganda | 46 | 1:848,680 | 39,357 |
| Malaysia | 40 | 1:737,356 | 34,564 |
| China | 36 | 1:37,981,155 | 2,028 |
| Ethiopia | 36 | 1:2,709,618 | 8,935 |
| Singapore | 26 | 1:211,835 | 10,313 |
| Botswana | 22 | 1:99,406 | 15,343 |
| Taiwan | 22 | 1:1,065,670 | 7,365 |
| Hungary | 20 | 1:490,814 | 31,291 |
| Liberia | 20 | 1:220,427 | 14,169 |
| Mexico | 17 | 1:7,301,541 | 34,591 |
| Australia | 16 | 1:1,687,231 | 81,699 |
| Brazil | 16 | 1:13,379,646 | 256,605 |
| Canada | 16 | 1:2,302,849 | 139,666 |
| Serbia | 14 | 1:510,353 | 19,964 |
| Thailand | 14 | 1:5,045,596 | 363,835 |
| Mauritania | 11 | 1:372,260 | 15,230 |
| Greece | 10 | 1:1,107,979 | 84,839 |
| Netherlands | 9 | 1:1,876,353 | 85,467 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| Italy | 8 | 1:7,644,586 | 115,463 |
| Russia | 8 | 1:18,015,382 | 436,635 |
| Poland | 7 | 1:5,429,821 | 146,768 |
| Bhutan | 6 | 1:102,673 | 847 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Afghanistan | 5 | 1:6,430,637 | 27,710 |
| Georgia | 5 | 1:749,109 | 21,598 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Bulgaria | 4 | 1:1,744,726 | 46,837 |
| Chile | 4 | 1:4,404,118 | 44,633 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Myanmar | 4 | 1:12,984,496 | 1,309 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| Croatia | 3 | 1:1,409,535 | 70,997 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 1:1,879,028 | 22,073 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 1:1,778,817 | 104,392 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Lesotho | 2 | 1:1,016,279 | 21,693 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Nicaragua | 2 | 1:3,010,545 | 7,383 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Gagá (2), Gágá (4), Gāga (2) & Gâgă (1) are calculated separately.
Gaga (23,304) may also be a first name.
Gaga Demographics
Average Male Gaga Height
173.72 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Gaga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gaga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gaga (Bengali: গাগা, Georgian: გაგა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﻛﻪ, Hindi: गगा, Marathi: गागा, Oriya: ଗାଗା, Tibetan: དགའ་དགའ།) occurs in Rwanda more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Gagá, Gágá, Gāga or Gâgă. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaga? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gaga is the 25,401st most frequently occurring surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 343,202 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 78 percent of Gaga live; 27 percent live in West Africa and 24 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 33,725th most widespread first name worldwide, borne by 23,304 people.
The last name Gaga is most frequent in Rwanda, where it is held by 4,031 people, or 1 in 2,819. Barring Rwanda this surname is found in 110 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 12 percent are found and Nigeria, where 10 percent are found.
Gaga Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Gaga has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gaga surname expanded 11,200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gaga Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Gaga surname is predominantly Orthodox (53%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya, Muslim (50%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (62%) in Ukraine.
The amount Gaga earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 48.51% less than the national average, earning R 122,352 per year and in United States they earn 0.85% more than the national average, earning $43,515 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gaga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gaga in the Georgian language | ||
| გაგა | gaga | - |
| Gaga in the Bengali language | ||
| গাগা | gaga | - |
| Gaga in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗାଗା | gaga | 89.33 |
| ଗଗା | gaga | 8 |
| ଗାଗ | gaga | 1.33 |
| ଗଗ | gaga | 1.33 |
| Gaga in the Hindi language | ||
| गगा | gaga | 84.36 |
| गागा | gaga | 13.33 |
| गंगा | ganga | 0.77 |
| गाग | gaga | 0.38 |
| गगां | gagam | 0.26 |
| गांगा | ganga | 0.26 |
| ग़गा | gaga | 0.13 |
| ंगगा | ngaga | 0.13 |
| गोागा | goaga | 0.13 |
| Gaga in the Marathi language | ||
| गागा | gaga | 57.02 |
| गगा | gaga | 41.23 |
| Gaga in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﻛﻪ | kakh | 45.45 |
| ﻛﺎﻛﺎ | kaka | 9.09 |
| ﺍﻟﻘﻖ | alqq | 9.09 |
| ﻛﻜﻪ | kkh | 9.09 |
| ﺍﻛﻚ | akk | 9.09 |
| ﻛﻚ | kk | 9.09 |
| ﺃﻛﻜﻪ | akkh | 9.09 |
| Gaga in the Tibetan language | ||
| དགའ་དགའ། | gaga | 36.84 |
| ག་ག། | gaga | 26.32 |
| དགའ་དགའ་ | gaga | 26.32 |
| ག་ག་ | gaga | 5.26 |
| དགའ་ག་ | gaga | 5.26 |
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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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Gaga
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