Lega Surname
Approximately 8,936 people bear this surname
Lega Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 2,809 | 1:6,533 | 685 |
| Italy | 1,189 | 1:51,435 | 9,245 |
| Indonesia | 680 | 1:194,484 | 18,531 |
| India | 673 | 1:1,139,770 | 46,370 |
| Russia | 538 | 1:267,887 | 28,036 |
| Papua New Guinea | 341 | 1:23,911 | 2,631 |
| Ivory Coast | 334 | 1:69,076 | 3,907 |
| Nigeria | 295 | 1:600,484 | 28,761 |
| United States | 287 | 1:1,262,923 | 89,039 |
| Uganda | 223 | 1:175,064 | 14,729 |
| DR Congo | 171 | 1:432,044 | 35,878 |
| Argentina | 152 | 1:281,207 | 22,595 |
| Cameroon | 147 | 1:141,286 | 15,748 |
| Malaysia | 123 | 1:239,790 | 13,649 |
| Belgium | 98 | 1:117,313 | 17,342 |
| Philippines | 97 | 1:1,043,693 | 87,866 |
| Spain | 72 | 1:649,334 | 29,324 |
| Benin | 70 | 1:147,651 | 15,402 |
| Brazil | 61 | 1:3,509,415 | 98,831 |
| Poland | 58 | 1:655,323 | 57,058 |
| Ethiopia | 49 | 1:1,990,740 | 8,024 |
| France | 49 | 1:1,355,566 | 135,191 |
| Canada | 43 | 1:856,874 | 66,382 |
| Taiwan | 40 | 1:586,119 | 4,335 |
| Germany | 32 | 1:2,515,796 | 126,826 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Czechia | 23 | 1:462,325 | 50,029 |
| Kazakhstan | 23 | 1:768,804 | 49,532 |
| England | 20 | 1:2,785,903 | 97,972 |
| Estonia | 19 | 1:69,569 | 12,771 |
| Niger | 19 | 1:1,010,106 | 22,252 |
| Sweden | 15 | 1:656,450 | 48,545 |
| Colombia | 14 | 1:3,412,434 | 15,450 |
| Solomon Islands | 13 | 1:44,618 | 8,903 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Chile | 10 | 1:1,761,647 | 27,489 |
| Belarus | 7 | 1:1,357,294 | 83,128 |
| Greece | 6 | 1:1,846,632 | 89,049 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 6 | 1:995,442 | 57,680 |
| North Macedonia | 6 | 1:350,245 | 17,994 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Costa Rica | 4 | 1:1,195,017 | 6,919 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Somalia | 4 | 1:3,363,015 | 5,093 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Uruguay | 4 | 1:857,940 | 31,713 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Cuba | 2 | 1:5,761,358 | 13,825 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| San Marino | 1 | 1:33,214 | 932 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
The alternate forms: Léga (9) & Lèga (2) are calculated separately.
Lega (13,458) may also be a first name.
Lega Demographics
Lega Political Affiliation
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Lega Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lega Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lega (Georgian: ლეგა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻠﻚ, Hindi: लेगा, Marathi: लेगा, Oriya: େଲଗ, Russian: Лега) is borne by more people in Burkina Faso than any other country/territory. It may also appear as: Léga or Lèga. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lega? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 56,699th most commonly used surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 815,527 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 45 percent of Lega reside; 39 percent reside in West Africa and 31 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 50,069th most frequently occurring forename at a global level, borne by 13,458 people.
The surname Lega is most commonly held in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 2,809 people, or 1 in 6,533. In Burkina Faso it is most prevalent in: Nord Region, where 58 percent live, Hauts-Bassins Region, where 17 percent live and Centre Region, where 11 percent live. Not including Burkina Faso this last name is found in 83 countries. It is also found in Italy, where 13 percent live and Indonesia, where 8 percent live.
Lega Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Lega has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 2,609 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Lega Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Orthodox (86%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Orthodox (62%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Lega last name are 38.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 92% registered with the political party.
The amount Lega earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 9.08% more than the national average, earning €32,756 per year; in Colombia they earn 47.76% more than the national average, earning $33,544,400 COP per year; in United States they earn 11.75% more than the national average, earning $48,220 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.75% less than the national average, earning $42,852 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lega Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lega in the Georgian language | ||
| ლეგა | lega | - |
| Lega in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻠﻚ | allk | - |
| Lega in the Marathi language | ||
| लेगा | lega | - |
| Lega in the Hindi language | ||
| लेगा | lega | 98.77 |
| लौगा | lauga | 1.23 |
| Lega in the Oriya language | ||
| େଲଗ | elaga | 57.14 |
| େଲଗା | elaga | 42.86 |
| Lega in the Russian language | ||
| Лега | lega | - |
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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 Lega
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