Yaga Surname
Approximately 5,510 people bear this surname
Yaga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,119 | 1:83,597 | 5,901 |
| India | 743 | 1:1,032,389 | 43,187 |
| Cameroon | 661 | 1:31,421 | 4,236 |
| DR Congo | 458 | 1:161,309 | 16,675 |
| Papua New Guinea | 423 | 1:19,276 | 1,973 |
| Japan | 215 | 1:594,625 | 15,792 |
| Tanzania | 186 | 1:284,632 | 22,243 |
| Turkey | 146 | 1:533,023 | 29,752 |
| Russia | 115 | 1:1,253,244 | 90,592 |
| Benin | 71 | 1:145,572 | 15,253 |
| Brazil | 43 | 1:4,978,473 | 128,213 |
| Iran | 41 | 1:1,872,744 | 68,622 |
| United States | 33 | 1:10,983,604 | 436,696 |
| Indonesia | 33 | 1:4,007,551 | 204,828 |
| Ivory Coast | 33 | 1:699,128 | 19,606 |
| Peru | 30 | 1:1,059,471 | 19,489 |
| Senegal | 26 | 1:560,744 | 2,305 |
| Burkina Faso | 18 | 1:1,019,561 | 10,177 |
| Philippines | 16 | 1:6,327,389 | 184,366 |
| Niger | 14 | 1:1,370,858 | 28,349 |
| Uzbekistan | 9 | 1:3,436,571 | 32,268 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| France | 6 | 1:11,070,454 | 349,096 |
| Belarus | 5 | 1:1,900,212 | 97,012 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
Yaga (3,731) may also be a first name.
Yaga Demographics
Yaga Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Yaga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yaga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yaga (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﺎﻛﺎ, Hindi: यागा, Oriya: ୟାଗା, Russian: Яга, Tibetan: ཡ་ག་) is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yaga? popularity and diffusion
Yaga is the 87,302nd most common surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 1,322,604 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 65 percent of Yaga reside; 49 percent reside in West Africa and 40 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 115,270th most commonly held given name throughout the world. It is borne by 3,731 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2,119 people, or 1 in 83,597. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Borno, where 47 percent are found, Benue, where 28 percent are found and Lagos, where 7 percent are found. Besides Nigeria Yaga exists in 52 countries. It is also found in India, where 13 percent are found and Cameroon, where 12 percent are found.
Yaga Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Yaga surname is primarily Orthodox (73%) in Russia.
In The United States Yaga are 33.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 80% registered with the party.
The amount Yaga earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 40.33% less than the national average, earning S/. 11,567 per year; in South Africa they earn 10.53% more than the national average, earning R 262,656 per year and in United States they earn 1.73% more than the national average, earning $43,894 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yaga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yaga in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﺎﻛﺎ | yaka | - |
| Yaga in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཡ་ག་ | yaga | - |
| Yaga in the Oriya language | ||
| ୟାଗା | yaga | - |
| Yaga in the Hindi language | ||
| यागा | yaga | 50 |
| यगा | yaga | 33.33 |
| यज्ञ | yajna | 16.67 |
| Yaga in the Russian language | ||
| Яга | aga | - |
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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 Yaga
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