Egg Surname

202,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,062 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Egg Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. Probably 'at the egg,' from residence thereby. Egg seems to be a hard form of Edge, which see, compare Bridge and Brigg.

Egg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil5091:420,57815,966
Switzerland4311:19,0553,110
United States2521:1,438,32998,774
Germany2211:364,27834,837
Peru1981:160,5268,238
Austria1491:57,1518,936
England461:1,211,26256,182
France451:1,476,060142,161
Iran261:2,953,17490,148
China221:62,150,9803,380
Netherlands201:844,35960,801
Thailand171:4,155,197336,594
Canada151:2,456,373146,130
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Czechia131:817,95970,223
Australia101:2,699,570109,631
India81:95,883,173728,828
Hong Kong61:1,222,5805,222
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Taiwan41:5,861,18633,577
Myanmar41:12,984,4961,309
Ivory Coast41:5,767,80855,416
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Malta11:430,2723,380
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1251:195,00315,655
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States821:612,42340,920

Egg (150) may also be a first name.

Egg Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. Probably 'at the egg,' from residence thereby. Egg seems to be a hard form of Edge, which see, compare Bridge and Brigg.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

The hard form of Edge, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Probably a hardened pronunciation of the Anglo-Saxon ecg, an edge. See Edge. De Egge, H.R., co. Salop.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From Old German ecke, the edge or point of a weapon, &c. (acies, cuspis); Old Norse egg, an edge, sword, war, battle; Anglo-Saxon ecg, an edge, or sharpness applied to the mind, also quickness, ability. There is however a De Egge in H.R., co. Salop; and the name may therefore be the same as Hedge, Hague, Haig, Haigh (Haigh, a township of Lancashire); from Anglo-Saxon hœg, French haie, a hedge, and that which it encloses, a field or park.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Egg Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Egg Come From? nationality or country of origin

Egg is found most frequently in Brazil. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Egg? popularity and diffusion

Egg is the 202,072nd most frequently occurring surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 3,534,212 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 48 percent of Egg are found; 41 percent are found in Western Europe and 38 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 752,187th most widely held first name on earth, held by 150 people.

The last name Egg is most common in Brazil, where it is carried by 509 people, or 1 in 420,578. In Brazil it is primarily concentrated in: Minas Gerais, where 64 percent reside, Paraná, where 15 percent reside and Espírito Santo, where 9 percent reside. Aside from Brazil it is found in 51 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 21 percent reside and The United States, where 12 percent reside.

Egg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Egg has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Egg last name grew 307 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 63 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Egg Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Egg surname are 19.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 66.67% being registered with the political party.

The amount Egg earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 92.71% more than the national average, earning S/. 37,357 per year; in United States they earn 10.52% more than the national average, earning $47,688 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.6% more than the national average, earning $50,973 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hegg862,869/
Eggs861,465/
Gegg861,284/
Jegg86130/
Eigg867/
Eggø863/
Eegg862/
Yegg862/
Iegg861/
Eggt861/
Eggq861/
Eugg861/
Eg806,246/
Heggs751,199/
Heggø7590/
Eggue7541/
Heggt754/
Eiggs754/
Jeegg752/
Ieggg751/
Eggik751/
Häegg751/
Eeggs751/
Jeggt751/
Eggic751/
Eggph750/
Jeggs750/
Heg67597/
Eeg67588/
Eig67232/
Egp67204/
Esg67191/
Geg67143/
Gig67140/
Jeg6772/
Ieg6750/
Heggås6750/
Eug6746/
Yeg6739/
Egt6728/
Ecg6722/
Egh6719/
Heaggs6715/
Eyg6714/
Eag6713/
Eggová6713/
Ejg6710/
Ekg679/
Egk679/
Igg678/
Egc678/
Egs678/
Egø678/
Jgg677/
Egx676/
Eggowa675/
Egz675/
Egq675/
Ygg674/
Ehg673/
Eqg673/
Yeggue671/
Egå671/

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