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) has its highest incidence in Uganda. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lyaga? popularity and diffusion
It is the 371,590th most numerous surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 7,544,043 people. The surname Lyaga is primarily found in Africa, where 80 percent of Lyaga reside; 80 percent reside in East Africa and 77 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,525,482nd most widely held first name at a global level, borne by 44 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is borne by 734 people, or 1 in 53,187. In Uganda it is most common in: Butaleja District, where 69 percent reside, Budaka District, where 9 percent reside and Mayuge District, where 7 percent reside. Without taking into account Uganda this last name occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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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