Vagha Surname
Approximately 18,403 people bear this surname
Vagha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 18,334 | 1:41,838 | 2,922 |
| Nigeria | 32 | 1:5,535,711 | 139,404 |
| Solomon Islands | 14 | 1:41,431 | 8,080 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Mauritania | 4 | 1:1,023,716 | 25,172 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
Vagha (3,486) may also be a first name.
Vagha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vagha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Vagha (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻔﺎﻗﻪ, Hindi: वाघा, Marathi: वाघा) has its highest incidence in India. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vagha? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 29,160th most frequently used surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 395,998 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Vagha reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 100 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 120,303rd most frequently held forename at a global level, held by 3,486 people.
It is most commonly used in India, where it is carried by 18,334 people, or 1 in 41,838. In India Vagha is most frequent in: Gujarat, where 94 percent reside, Karnataka, where 3 percent reside and Maharashtra, where 2 percent reside. Not including India Vagha exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 0 percent reside and The Solomon Islands, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vagha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vagha in the Hindi language | ||
| वाघा | vagha | 79.31 |
| वघा | vagha | 17.24 |
| वघ | vagha | 3.45 |
| Vagha in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻔﺎﻗﻪ | alfaqh | 66.67 |
| ﻓﺎﻗﻪ | faqh | 33.33 |
| Vagha in the Marathi language | ||
| वाघा | vagha | 47.52 |
| वाघ | vagha | 45.6 |
| वघा | vagha | 5.06 |
| वघ | vagha | 0.2 |
| वाग | vaga | 0.2 |
| िवहा | ivaha | 0.2 |
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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 Vagha
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