Jag Surname

228,032nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,778 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Jordan

Jag Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jag Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India1,1651:658,42531,025
United States1031:3,519,019197,606
Pakistan881:2,030,04419,416
Jordan741:119,4927,632
Germany461:1,750,119100,509
United Arab Emirates361:254,50817,423
Iraq261:1,346,98715,017
Afghanistan221:1,461,50812,026
Papua New Guinea221:370,62448,900
Canada201:1,842,280119,096
Malaysia191:1,552,32864,490
England161:3,482,379114,324
Philippines131:7,787,556197,164
Taiwan131:1,803,44211,840
Indonesia121:11,020,766390,383
Thailand111:6,421,668407,040
Iran111:6,980,229145,986
Australia101:2,699,570109,631
Colombia71:6,824,86722,056
Poland51:7,601,750167,855
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Syria51:3,860,20411,832
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Mongolia41:706,32211,365
France31:22,140,907385,998
Argentina31:14,247,805235,975
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
China31:455,773,85521,925
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Trinidad and Tobago21:681,98817,017
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Jag (71,105) may also be a first name.

Jag Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Jag Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Jag (Arabic: جاغ, Bengali: জগ, Hindi: जग, Marathi: जग, Oriya: ଜଗ, Tibetan: ཇག་) has its highest incidence in India. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Jag? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 228,032nd most frequently used surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 4,098,732 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 85 percent of Jag are found; 72 percent are found in South Asia and 66 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 13,679th most frequent first name internationally, borne by 71,105 people.

Jag is most frequent in India, where it is carried by 1,165 people, or 1 in 658,425. In India it is mostly found in: Uttar Pradesh, where 69 percent are found, Delhi, where 8 percent are found and Haryana, where 4 percent are found. Not including India this last name occurs in 52 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 6 percent are found and Pakistan, where 5 percent are found.

Jag Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Jag has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname rose 1,600 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Jag Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Jag surname are 11.06% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 64.29% registered with the party.

The amount Jag earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 25.26% less than the national average, earning $32,250 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.22% more than the national average, earning $54,264 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jagt861,526/
Jaeg86400/
Jaug86225/
Jaag86138/
Jagg86108/
Jags8660/
Jagh8643/
Jaig869/
Tjag867/
Jajg867/
Jhag865/
Djag865/
Jagc864/
Zjag862/
Jasg862/
Jagq862/
Jahg862/
Jgag861/
Jiag861/
Hjag861/
Jakg861/
Jagk861/
Jeag861/
Jaqg861/
Jaggs75574/
Jague75141/
Jagsz7575/
Jhagg7512/
Jihag758/
Ojhag755/
Jahag755/
Ujhag754/
Jaigh753/
Jhagh752/
Jaggz752/
Ajiag752/
Jiahg751/
Jagss751/
Djaag751/
Hijag751/
Ijagt751/
Aijag751/
Jaegg751/
Jachg750/
Sag6721,581/
Hag6716,163/
Jak6712,503/
Jog676,091/
Jax673,928/
Zag671,655/
Yag671,579/
Jac671,349/
Jagsch67545/
Djague67498/
Cag67320/
Jiague6735/
Jaq6727/
Eag6713/
Hajiag6710/
Iag676/
Jeague676/
Jaugsz676/
Ijiagh674/
Gajjag671/
Jaigch671/
Jög671/
Jhaigz671/
Hajjag671/
Haijag671/
Jagowa671/

Jag Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Jag in the Hindi language
जगjaga98.87
Jag in the Oriya language
ଜଗjaga80.79
ଯଗyaga11.18
ଜାଗjaga5.53
ଯାଗyaga2.27
ଜଗ୍jag0.06
Jag in the Marathi language
जगjaga72.92
जागjaga27.08
Jag in the Bengali language
জগjaga71.43
জাগjaga28.57
Jag in the Tibetan language
ཇག་jak48.48
ཇཱག་jak18.18
ཇགས་jak9.09
བྱང་jang6.06
ཇང་jang3.03
ཇི་ji3.03
ཇག་་jak3.03
ཇཱགས་jak3.03
ལྗང་jang3.03
ལྗག་jak3.03
Jag in the Arabic language
جاغjagh-

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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 Jag
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