Lyaga Surname
Approximately 966 people bear this surname
Lyaga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 734 | 1:53,187 | 6,349 |
| India | 173 | 1:4,433,904 | 116,010 |
| Tanzania | 41 | 1:1,291,259 | 46,697 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Lyaga (44) may also be a first name.
Lyaga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lyaga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lyaga (Russian: Ляга) occurs more in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lyaga? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 371,590th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 7,544,043 people. Lyaga occurs mostly in Africa, where 80 percent of Lyaga live; 80 percent live in East Africa and 77 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,525,482nd most widely held first name world-wide, borne by 44 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is carried by 734 people, or 1 in 53,187. In Uganda Lyaga is primarily found in: Butaleja District, where 69 percent reside, Budaka District, where 9 percent reside and Mayuge District, where 7 percent reside. Besides Uganda Lyaga exists in 9 countries. It is also common in India, where 18 percent reside and Tanzania, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lyaga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lyaga in the Russian language | ||
| Ляга | laga | - |
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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 Lyaga
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