Shagan Surname
Approximately 5,046 people bear this surname
Shagan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Libya | 4,258 | 1:1,466 | 418 |
| Israel | 199 | 1:43,003 | 5,816 |
| Russia | 188 | 1:766,612 | 63,669 |
| Kazakhstan | 76 | 1:232,664 | 20,860 |
| United States | 62 | 1:5,846,112 | 285,490 |
| Moldova | 62 | 1:57,441 | 8,087 |
| Iraq | 52 | 1:673,493 | 9,953 |
| Pakistan | 36 | 1:4,962,330 | 32,327 |
| Bulgaria | 25 | 1:279,156 | 14,366 |
| India | 23 | 1:33,350,669 | 396,143 |
| Transnistria | 18 | 1:26,372 | 4,484 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| Yemen | 6 | 1:4,404,216 | 18,907 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Shagan (1,148) may also be a first name.
Shagan Demographics
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Shagan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shagan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shagan (Hindi: शगन, Marathi: शगन, Russian: Шаган) occurs more in Libya more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shagan? popularity and diffusion
Shagan is the 94,406th most frequently held last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 1,444,222 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 85 percent of Shagan reside; 84 percent reside in North Africa and 84 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 234,862nd most commonly occurring first name at a global level, held by 1,148 people.
The last name Shagan is most commonly occurring in Libya, where it is held by 4,258 people, or 1 in 1,466. Other than Libya it is found in 27 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 4 percent are found and Russia, where 4 percent are found.
Shagan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Shagan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Shagan last name grew 2,067 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Shagan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Shagan last name is chiefly Orthodox (90%) in Russia and Orthodox (46%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Shagan surname are 5.86% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 52.63% being registered with the party.
The amount Shagan earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 15.58% less than the national average, earning R 200,604 per year and in United States they earn 0.53% more than the national average, earning $43,379 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shagan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shagan in the Hindi language | ||
| शगन | sagana | 94.12 |
| शागन | sagana | 5.88 |
| Shagan in the Marathi language | ||
| शगन | sagana | 65.22 |
| छगन | chagana | 26.09 |
| शगं | sagam | 8.7 |
| Shagan in the Russian language | ||
| Шаган | sagan | - |
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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 Shagan
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