Jaga Surname
Approximately 6,897 people bear this surname
Jaga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 2,722 | 1:281,802 | 16,031 |
| Indonesia | 1,436 | 1:92,096 | 9,623 |
| Nepal | 990 | 1:28,769 | 1,149 |
| Nigeria | 474 | 1:373,719 | 19,928 |
| Pakistan | 459 | 1:389,202 | 7,405 |
| Malaysia | 161 | 1:183,194 | 10,967 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| South Africa | 135 | 1:401,316 | 35,360 |
| Philippines | 77 | 1:1,314,782 | 98,554 |
| Romania | 48 | 1:418,289 | 33,624 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| England | 27 | 1:2,063,632 | 79,942 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Brazil | 19 | 1:11,267,070 | 228,483 |
| Mongolia | 19 | 1:148,699 | 8,761 |
| United States | 17 | 1:21,321,114 | 641,998 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Uganda | 12 | 1:3,253,273 | 85,117 |
| Tanzania | 11 | 1:4,812,874 | 55,358 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Jagă (5) are calculated separately.
Jaga (36,694) may also be a first name.
Jaga Demographics
Jaga Political Affiliation
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Jaga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jaga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jaga (Arabic: جاغي, Bengali: জাগা, Georgian: ჯაგა, Hindi: जगा, Marathi: जगा, Oriya: ଜଗା, Tibetan: ཇ་ག་) is carried by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may occur as: Jagă. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jaga? popularity and diffusion
The last name Jaga is the 71,581st most frequent surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 1,056,625 people. The last name Jaga occurs predominantly in Asia, where 85 percent of Jaga live; 61 percent live in South Asia and 54 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Jaga is also the 23,833rd most prevalent first name worldwide, held by 36,694 people.
The surname Jaga is most commonly used in India, where it is carried by 2,722 people, or 1 in 281,802. In India Jaga is most numerous in: Odisha, where 31 percent live, Gujarat, where 25 percent live and Rajasthan, where 21 percent live. Besides India Jaga is found in 44 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 21 percent live and Nepal, where 14 percent live.
Jaga Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Jaga has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Jaga last name expanded 850 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Jaga Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Jaga surname are 32.48% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 85.71% registered with the political party.
The amount Jaga earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 5.37% more than the national average, earning R 250,404 per year and in United States they earn 28.62% more than the national average, earning $55,500 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jaga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jaga in the Georgian language | ||
| ჯაგა | jaga | - |
| Jaga in the Hindi language | ||
| जगा | jaga | 81.07 |
| जागा | jaga | 17.82 |
| जेागा | jeaga | 0.3 |
| जग | jaga | 0.27 |
| जग्ाा | jagaa | 0.13 |
| जगो | jago | 0.07 |
| जगेा | jagea | 0.03 |
| जहां | jaham | 0.03 |
| जगी | jagi | 0.03 |
| जोगा | joga | 0.03 |
| जग्गा | jagga | 0.03 |
| जागो | jago | 0.03 |
| Jaga in the Oriya language | ||
| ଜଗା | jaga | 78.09 |
| ଜଗ | jaga | 8.37 |
| ଜାଗା | jaga | 7.35 |
| ଯଗା | yaga | 2.85 |
| ଯାଗା | yaga | 1.24 |
| ଯଗ | yaga | 0.49 |
| ଜାଗ | jaga | 0.38 |
| ଯାଗ | yaga | 0.15 |
| ଜଗ | jaga | 0.04 |
| ମହାି | mahai | 0.04 |
| ଜଗୁ | jagu | 0.04 |
| ଯଗୁ | yagu | 0.04 |
| ଜରା | jara | 0.04 |
| ଜଂଗା | janga | 0.04 |
| ବଗା | baga | 0.04 |
| Jaga in the Marathi language | ||
| जगा | jaga | 76.29 |
| जागा | jaga | 22.8 |
| जग | jaga | 0.3 |
| Jaga in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཇ་ག་ | jaga | 73.53 |
| ཇཱ་ག་ | jaga | 11.76 |
| རྒྱ་དགར། | gyagar | 5.88 |
| ཇང་དགའ་ | jangga | 2.94 |
| རྒྱ་དགའ་ | gyaga | 2.94 |
| རྒྱ་ག་ | gyaga | 2.94 |
| Jaga in the Bengali language | ||
| জাগা | jaga | 25 |
| জগা | jaga | 25 |
| জগ | jaga | 25 |
| যজ্ঞ | yajna | 25 |
| Jaga in the Arabic language | ||
| جاغي | jaghy | - |
| جغي | jghy | - |
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Footnotes
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