Alegba Surname
Approximately 712 people bear this surname
Alegba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 486 | 1:152,016 | 15,865 |
| Nigeria | 220 | 1:805,194 | 35,881 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Alegba (13) may also be a first name.
Alegba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alegba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Alegba has its highest incidence in The DR Congo. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Alegba? popularity and diffusion
Alegba is the 471,234th most widespread last name globally, held by around 1 in 10,235,317 people. The last name Alegba is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Alegba reside; 69 percent reside in Central Africa and 69 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Alegba is also the 3,159,357th most commonly occurring first name at a global level It is held by 13 people.
The surname is most frequently used in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 486 people, or 1 in 152,016. Not including The DR Congo it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 31 percent live and Cameroon, where 0 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Alegba
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