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
Average Yaga Salary in
United States
$43,894 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Yaga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yaga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yaga (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﺎﻛﺎ, Hindi: यागा, Oriya: ୟାଗା, Russian: Яга, Tibetan: ཡ་ག་) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yaga? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yaga is the 87,302nd most frequent last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 1,322,604 people. The last name Yaga 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. Yaga is also the 115,270th most widely held first name internationally, held by 3,731 people.
The last name Yaga is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 2,119 people, or 1 in 83,597. In Nigeria Yaga is most common in: Borno, where 47 percent live, Benue, where 28 percent live and Lagos, where 7 percent live. Outside of Nigeria it occurs in 52 countries. It is also found in India, where 13 percent live and Cameroon, where 12 percent live.
Yaga Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Orthodox (73%) in Russia.
In The United States Yaga are 33.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 80% being registered to vote for 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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- 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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