Zaga Surname
Approximately 4,527 people bear this surname
Zaga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan | 1,440 | 1:6,141 | 1,213 |
| Peru | 625 | 1:50,855 | 4,307 |
| Mexico | 457 | 1:271,611 | 6,416 |
| Palestine | 353 | 1:12,886 | 2,394 |
| Nigeria | 291 | 1:608,738 | 29,024 |
| Israel | 250 | 1:34,231 | 4,789 |
| United States | 172 | 1:2,107,319 | 133,796 |
| DR Congo | 109 | 1:677,794 | 49,381 |
| Iraq | 105 | 1:333,540 | 6,405 |
| Argentina | 104 | 1:410,994 | 31,358 |
| Italy | 95 | 1:643,755 | 57,578 |
| Russia | 92 | 1:1,566,555 | 105,717 |
| Algeria | 86 | 1:449,204 | 35,752 |
| Romania | 51 | 1:393,684 | 32,593 |
| India | 34 | 1:22,560,747 | 316,052 |
| Brazil | 33 | 1:6,487,101 | 155,169 |
| Niger | 33 | 1:581,576 | 14,627 |
| Indonesia | 23 | 1:5,749,965 | 259,967 |
| Ivory Coast | 22 | 1:1,048,692 | 25,281 |
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| South Africa | 13 | 1:4,167,516 | 132,322 |
| Benin | 13 | 1:795,046 | 42,452 |
| Philippines | 11 | 1:9,203,475 | 207,772 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Belarus | 6 | 1:1,583,510 | 89,472 |
| Tunisia | 6 | 1:101,771 | 14,710 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Burkina Faso | 4 | 1:4,588,025 | 21,573 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Montenegro | 2 | 1:319,782 | 7,691 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 1:1,728,021 | 323 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
The alternate forms: Zagà (6) are calculated separately.
Zaga (974) may also be a first name.
Zaga Demographics
Average Zaga Salary in
United States
$57,585 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Zaga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zaga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zaga (Arabic: زاغا, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺯﺍﻛﻪ, Russian: Зага) is more frequently found in Jordan than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Zagà. Click here for further potential spellings of Zaga.
How Common Is The Last Name Zaga? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 103,782nd most frequent surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,609,796 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 50 percent of Zaga live; 48 percent live in West Asia and 42 percent live in Levant. It is also the 258,233rd most prevalent forename worldwide. It is borne by 974 people.
This last name is most frequent in Jordan, where it is held by 1,440 people, or 1 in 6,141. In Jordan Zaga is mostly concentrated in: Amman Governorate, where 77 percent live, Madaba Governorate, where 15 percent live and Zarqa Governorate, where 3 percent live. Apart from Jordan it is found in 68 countries. It is also common in Peru, where 14 percent live and Mexico, where 10 percent live.
Zaga Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Zaga has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Zaga surname rose 3,440 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Zaga Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Zaga surname is principally Orthodox (79%) in Russia and Orthodox (50%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Zaga surname are 39.87% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 93.1% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Zaga earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 16.87% less than the national average, earning S/. 16,114 per year; in South Africa they earn 60.39% less than the national average, earning R 94,140 per year and in United States they earn 33.46% more than the national average, earning $57,585 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zaga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zaga in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺯﺍﻛﻪ | zakh | - |
| Zaga in the Russian language | ||
| Зага | zaga | - |
| Zaga in the Arabic language | ||
| زاغا | zagha | - |
| ظاغي | zaghy | - |
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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 Zaga
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