Lagya Surname
Approximately 155 people bear this surname
Lagya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 86 | 1:2,059,800 | 71,823 |
| Philippines | 59 | 1:1,715,902 | 111,316 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Lagya (16) may also be a first name.
Lagya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lagya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lagya (Marathi: लग्या, Oriya: ଲାଗଯ୍) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lagya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,403,590th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 47,016,425 people. Lagya is predominantly found in Africa, where 57 percent of Lagya live; 56 percent live in West Africa and 55 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 16 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 86 people, or 1 in 2,059,800. In Nigeria Lagya is mostly found in: Plateau, where 88 percent are found, Nasarawa, where 9 percent are found and Enugu, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 38 percent are found and India, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lagya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lagya in the Marathi language | ||
| लग्या | lagya | - |
| Lagya in the Oriya language | ||
| ଲାଗଯ୍ | lagay | 50 |
| ଭାଗ | bhaga | 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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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- 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 Lagya
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