Piraga Surname

2,091,648th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 81 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Piraga Surname User-submission:

The Piraga surname comes from the word, which refers to a type of pastry, bun with meat, cabbage, or cottage cheese filling, a pie.

Piraga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia681:30,1484,623
India101:76,706,538639,611
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
England11:55,718,059489,080
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

The alternate forms: Pīrāga (5) are calculated separately.

Piraga (51) may also be a first name.

Piraga Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Piraga surname comes from the word, which refers to a type of pastry, bun with meat, cabbage, or cottage cheese filling, a pie.

- elizapiraga

Piraga Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Piraga Come From? nationality or country of origin

Piraga (Hindi: पिरागा, Marathi: िपरगा, Oriya: ପିରାଗା, Russian: Пирага) occurs in Latvia more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant: Pīrāga. For other potential spellings of Piraga click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Piraga? popularity and diffusion

The surname Piraga is the 2,091,648th most numerous last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 89,969,703 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 85 percent of Piraga are found; 85 percent are found in Northern Europe and 84 percent are found in Baltic Europe. Piraga is also the 1,396,783rd most widely held given name at a global level, held by 51 people.

The surname Piraga is most common in Latvia, where it is carried by 68 people, or 1 in 30,148. In Latvia Piraga is mostly found in: Riga Planning Region, where 53 percent reside, Semigallia, where 37 percent reside and Kurzeme Planning Region, where 7 percent reside. Apart from Latvia Piraga occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 12 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Piraga Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Piraga in the Oriya language
ପିରାଗାpiraga-
Piraga in the Marathi language
िपरगाiparaga90
पीरगाpiraga10
Piraga in the Hindi language
पिरागाpiraga81.82
पीरागाpiraga18.18
Piraga in the Russian language
Пирагаpiraga-

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