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) is held by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lyaga? popularity and diffusion
Lyaga is the 371,590th most frequent family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 7,544,043 people. Lyaga is mostly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Lyaga are found; 80 percent are found in East Africa and 77 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Lyaga is also the 1,525,482nd most widespread first name on earth It is held by 44 people.
It is most common in Uganda, where it is carried by 734 people, or 1 in 53,187. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Butaleja District, where 69 percent live, Budaka District, where 9 percent live and Mayuge District, where 7 percent live. Other than Uganda it occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in India, where 18 percent live and Tanzania, where 4 percent live.
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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