Lago Surname
Approximately 89,473 people bear this surname
Lago Surname Definition:
Found in Portugal, Galicia, and Santander. Name of village near Leon, and of others near Mondonedo, and Orense. Derived from latin "lacus" - a large permanent and inland body of water, a lake or a large pond.
A Galician name often found in northern part of the Peninsula.
Read More About This SurnameLago Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 18,375 | 1:1,256 | 123 |
| Spain | 15,059 | 1:3,105 | 369 |
| Brazil | 15,041 | 1:14,233 | 752 |
| Philippines | 9,283 | 1:10,906 | 1,054 |
| Cuba | 6,036 | 1:1,909 | 290 |
| Argentina | 4,583 | 1:9,327 | 907 |
| Italy | 4,463 | 1:13,703 | 2,218 |
| United States | 3,243 | 1:111,767 | 12,137 |
| Angola | 1,972 | 1:13,686 | 1,647 |
| Portugal | 1,189 | 1:8,762 | 777 |
| Uruguay | 1,153 | 1:2,976 | 351 |
| Venezuela | 985 | 1:30,664 | 1,862 |
| Chad | 867 | 1:15,677 | 1,955 |
| Colombia | 787 | 1:60,704 | 2,844 |
| France | 731 | 1:90,866 | 13,093 |
| Peru | 712 | 1:44,641 | 3,993 |
| Indonesia | 512 | 1:258,299 | 23,449 |
| Tanzania | 439 | 1:120,596 | 11,477 |
| Mexico | 403 | 1:308,005 | 6,872 |
| Sweden | 336 | 1:29,306 | 2,391 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| Nicaragua | 228 | 1:26,408 | 1,081 |
| Puerto Rico | 215 | 1:16,512 | 646 |
| Canada | 212 | 1:173,800 | 17,393 |
| Papua New Guinea | 206 | 1:39,581 | 4,792 |
| Ecuador | 201 | 1:79,134 | 5,649 |
| Chile | 191 | 1:92,233 | 3,529 |
| England | 164 | 1:339,744 | 24,836 |
| Belgium | 151 | 1:76,137 | 12,057 |
| Dominican Republic | 139 | 1:75,057 | 3,477 |
| Cameroon | 108 | 1:192,306 | 19,984 |
| Guatemala | 106 | 1:151,723 | 3,409 |
| Switzerland | 104 | 1:78,970 | 9,101 |
| Nigeria | 94 | 1:1,884,497 | 67,423 |
| Australia | 85 | 1:317,596 | 27,389 |
| Israel | 65 | 1:131,656 | 14,227 |
| Uganda | 60 | 1:650,655 | 33,621 |
| Congo | 55 | 1:90,711 | 7,856 |
| Germany | 54 | 1:1,490,842 | 90,195 |
| Russia | 50 | 1:2,882,461 | 158,532 |
| Costa Rica | 43 | 1:111,164 | 1,807 |
| United Arab Emirates | 40 | 1:229,057 | 15,464 |
| Netherlands | 37 | 1:456,410 | 45,371 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Niger | 30 | 1:639,734 | 15,675 |
| Denmark | 27 | 1:209,064 | 16,975 |
| Solomon Islands | 26 | 1:22,309 | 4,345 |
| Qatar | 25 | 1:94,320 | 10,875 |
| Thailand | 23 | 1:3,071,232 | 294,953 |
| Kenya | 22 | 1:2,099,086 | 36,356 |
| Malaysia | 22 | 1:1,340,647 | 57,034 |
| Luxembourg | 20 | 1:29,027 | 5,175 |
| New Zealand | 17 | 1:266,372 | 23,826 |
| Ireland | 14 | 1:336,353 | 12,021 |
| Pakistan | 14 | 1:12,760,278 | 55,960 |
| Czechia | 13 | 1:817,959 | 70,223 |
| Wales | 12 | 1:257,878 | 14,969 |
| American Samoa | 11 | 1:5,069 | 1,123 |
| Taiwan | 10 | 1:2,344,475 | 14,894 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Guam | 8 | 1:20,015 | 3,029 |
| Honduras | 8 | 1:1,102,055 | 4,829 |
| Scotland | 8 | 1:669,227 | 23,443 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| Burkina Faso | 7 | 1:2,621,729 | 17,588 |
| Kazakhstan | 7 | 1:2,526,071 | 102,287 |
| Slovakia | 6 | 1:889,408 | 78,715 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Bulgaria | 4 | 1:1,744,726 | 46,837 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Guinea | 4 | 1:2,958,454 | 2,022 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Greece | 3 | 1:3,693,263 | 126,191 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Panama | 3 | 1:1,304,086 | 13,647 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 3 | 1:36,792 | 4,502 |
| Andorra | 2 | 1:41,919 | 1,654 |
| El Salvador | 2 | 1:3,171,944 | 6,376 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 29 | 1:840,530 | 36,623 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 138 | 1:363,904 | 27,584 |
The alternate forms: Lagò (2) & Lagó (1) are calculated separately.
Lago (10,560) may also be a first name.
Lago Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Found in Portugal, Galicia, and Santander. Name of village near Leon, and of others near Mondonedo, and Orense. Derived from latin "lacus" - a large permanent and inland body of water, a lake or a large pond.
A Galician name often found in northern part of the Peninsula.
Lago Demographics
Average Lago Salary in
United States
$43,440 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Lago Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lago Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lago (Hindi: लागो, Marathi: लागो, Oriya: ଲାେଗା, Russian: Лаго) has its highest incidence in The Ivory Coast. It may be rendered as a variant: Lagò or Lagó. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lago? popularity and diffusion
The last name Lago is the 6,315th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 81,450 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 38 percent of Lago are found; 26 percent are found in South America and 18 percent are found in Iberian Europe. It is also the 59,083rd most frequent forename worldwide, borne by 10,560 people.
This last name is most commonly held in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 18,375 people, or 1 in 1,256. In The Ivory Coast Lago is mostly found in: Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 50 percent are found, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 23 percent are found and Bas-Sassandra District, where 15 percent are found. Excluding The Ivory Coast Lago exists in 103 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 17 percent are found and Brazil, where 17 percent are found.
Lago Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Lago has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Lago surname expanded 2,350 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 566 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it expanded 1,400 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Lago Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Lago surname are 38.18% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 91.41% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Lago earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 30.95% more than the national average, earning €39,324 per year; in Norway they earn 44.61% less than the national average, earning 191,692 kr per year; in Peru they earn 51.04% more than the national average, earning S/. 29,279 per year; in Colombia they earn 15.25% less than the national average, earning $19,241,000 COP per year; in United States they earn 0.67% more than the national average, earning $43,440 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.79% more than the national average, earning $55,046 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lago Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lago in the Hindi language | ||
| लागो | lago | - |
| Lago in the Oriya language | ||
| ଲାେଗା | laega | 83.33 |
| ଲାଗ | laga | 16.67 |
| Lago in the Marathi language | ||
| लागो | lago | 66.67 |
| लगो | lago | 33.33 |
| Lago in the Russian language | ||
| Лаго | lago | - |
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