Vaga Surname
Approximately 2,339 people bear this surname
Vaga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 862 | 1:889,867 | 38,768 |
| Belarus | 239 | 1:39,753 | 6,821 |
| Estonia | 215 | 1:6,148 | 701 |
| United States | 158 | 1:2,294,044 | 142,811 |
| Russia | 140 | 1:1,029,450 | 78,764 |
| Italy | 93 | 1:657,599 | 58,183 |
| Indonesia | 91 | 1:1,453,288 | 98,507 |
| DR Congo | 82 | 1:900,970 | 60,382 |
| Solomon Islands | 54 | 1:10,741 | 1,884 |
| Nigeria | 51 | 1:3,473,387 | 102,969 |
| Argentina | 41 | 1:1,042,522 | 64,438 |
| Romania | 38 | 1:528,365 | 39,789 |
| Kazakhstan | 37 | 1:477,905 | 35,586 |
| South Africa | 33 | 1:1,641,749 | 81,435 |
| Mexico | 28 | 1:4,433,079 | 27,489 |
| Brazil | 24 | 1:8,919,764 | 194,226 |
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| Hungary | 18 | 1:545,349 | 33,535 |
| Colombia | 14 | 1:3,412,434 | 15,450 |
| Australia | 11 | 1:2,454,155 | 103,534 |
| Uruguay | 8 | 1:428,970 | 23,885 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Finland | 6 | 1:916,117 | 41,832 |
| Cuba | 5 | 1:2,304,543 | 8,951 |
| Peru | 5 | 1:6,356,825 | 38,776 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Samoa | 1 | 1:193,808 | 1,089 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Vága (1) & Vâga (1) are calculated separately.
Vaga (5,052) may also be a first name.
Vaga Demographics
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Vaga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vaga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Vaga (Hindi: वागा, Marathi: वगा, Oriya: ଭଗ, Russian: Вага) is more frequently found in India than any other country or territory. It can also occur as: Vága or Vâga. Click here for further potential spellings of Vaga.
How Common Is The Last Name Vaga? popularity and diffusion
The surname Vaga is the 181,850th most frequent last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 3,115,667 people. The surname Vaga is primarily found in Asia, where 43 percent of Vaga live; 37 percent live in South Asia and 37 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 95,607th most frequent given name globally, held by 5,052 people.
It is most commonly occurring in India, where it is held by 862 people, or 1 in 889,867. In India it is most common in: Gujarat, where 58 percent live, Madhya Pradesh, where 28 percent live and Karnataka, where 5 percent live. Other than India this last name occurs in 63 countries. It is also common in Belarus, where 10 percent live and Estonia, where 9 percent live.
Vaga Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Vaga has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Vaga last name grew 7,900 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Vaga Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is predominantly Orthodox (100%) in Russia, Orthodox (100%) in Belarus and Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Vaga last name are 18.2% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 71.43% registered with the political party.
The amount Vaga earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 17.5% less than the national average, earning R 196,044 per year; in Colombia they earn 20.59% less than the national average, earning $18,027,400 COP per year and in United States they earn 12.32% less than the national average, earning $37,832 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vaga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vaga in the Oriya language | ||
| ଭଗ | bhaga | - |
| Vaga in the Hindi language | ||
| वागा | vaga | 98.74 |
| वगा | vaga | 1.04 |
| वाग्ाा | vagaa | 0.14 |
| ़वागा | vaga | 0.04 |
| Vaga in the Marathi language | ||
| वगा | vaga | 57.45 |
| वागा | vaga | 42.55 |
| Vaga in the Russian language | ||
| Вага | vaga | - |
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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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- 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 Vaga
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