Yalga Surname
Approximately 3,944 people bear this surname
Yalga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 3,542 | 1:27,540 | 3,358 |
| Papua New Guinea | 307 | 1:26,559 | 2,967 |
| India | 87 | 1:8,816,843 | 179,063 |
| Burkina Faso | 7 | 1:2,621,729 | 17,588 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Yalga (155) may also be a first name.
Yalga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yalga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yalga (Marathi: यलगा, Russian: Йалга) occurs in Ethiopia more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yalga? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 116,821st most commonly used last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,847,755 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Yalga live; 90 percent live in East Africa and 90 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Yalga is also the 738,219th most commonly held first name in the world. It is borne by 155 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 3,542 people, or 1 in 27,540. Apart from Ethiopia this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent live and India, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yalga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yalga in the Marathi language | ||
| यलगा | yalaga | - |
| Yalga in the Russian language | ||
| Йалга | jalga | - |
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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 Yalga
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