Maaga Surname
Approximately 829 people bear this surname
Maaga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 522 | 1:103,789 | 12,546 |
| Kenya | 207 | 1:223,091 | 15,759 |
| Nigeria | 26 | 1:6,813,183 | 158,601 |
| Cameroon | 23 | 1:903,003 | 60,285 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
The alternate forms: Maãga (1) are calculated separately.
Maaga (388) may also be a first name.
Maaga Demographics
Maaga Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Maaga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maaga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Maaga (Hindi: मंागा, Marathi: मंागा) has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can also occur as a variant: Maãga. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Maaga? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 418,906th most widespread surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 8,790,767 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Maaga are found; 65 percent are found in Southern Africa and 65 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 439,750th most numerous forename in the world, borne by 388 people.
This surname is most numerous in South Africa, where it is borne by 522 people, or 1 in 103,789. In South Africa Maaga is primarily found in: Gauteng, where 83 percent live, Limpopo, where 7 percent live and North West, where 5 percent live. Besides South Africa this surname occurs in 14 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 25 percent live and Nigeria, where 3 percent live.
Maaga Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
The amount Maaga earn in different countries varies marginally. In South Africa they earn 3.2% less than the national average, earning R 230,028 per year and in United States they earn 0.91% more than the national average, earning $43,542 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Maaga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Maaga in the Marathi language | ||
| मंागा | mamaga | - |
| Maaga in the Hindi language | ||
| मंागा | mamaga | 83.33 |
| मोगा | moga | 16.67 |
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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 Maaga
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