Eggs Surname
Approximately 1,465 people bear this surname
Eggs 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.
Eggs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 413 | 1:103,495 | 8,759 |
| Germany | 407 | 1:197,802 | 22,786 |
| Switzerland | 314 | 1:26,156 | 4,065 |
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Northern Ireland | 64 | 1:28,829 | 3,065 |
| England | 44 | 1:1,266,320 | 57,817 |
| Zimbabwe | 35 | 1:441,093 | 38,294 |
| France | 18 | 1:3,690,151 | 224,666 |
| Honduras | 12 | 1:734,704 | 4,016 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 26 | 1:937,514 | 38,808 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 53 | 1:947,522 | 56,651 |
Eggs (36) may also be a first name.
Eggs 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.
Probably a hardened pronunciation of the Anglo-Saxon ecg, an edge. See Edge. De Egge, H.R., co. Salop.
A corruption of Exe, the Devonshire river? But see Egg.
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.
From the Dutch, Eggers; a personal name.
Eggs Demographics
Average Eggs Salary in
England
£29,425
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Eggs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Eggs Come From? nationality or country of origin
Eggs is found most in Argentina. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Eggs? popularity and diffusion
Eggs is the 266,766th most numerous family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 4,974,434 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 58 percent of Eggs are found; 50 percent are found in Western Europe and 33 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,717,090th most commonly held given name internationally, held by 36 people.
The last name is most widespread in Argentina, where it is carried by 413 people, or 1 in 103,495. In Argentina Eggs is primarily found in: Entre Ríos Province, where 73 percent are found, Buenos Aires Province, where 23 percent are found and Corrientes Province, where 2 percent are found. Beside Argentina Eggs occurs in 25 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 28 percent are found and Switzerland, where 21 percent are found.
Eggs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Eggs has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name rose 169 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it declined 85 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heggs | 89 | 1,199 | / |
| Eiggs | 89 | 4 | / |
| Geggs | 89 | 2 | / |
| Eeggs | 89 | 1 | / |
| Jeggs | 89 | 0 | / |
| Egg | 86 | 2,062 | / |
| Egs | 86 | 8 | / |
| Heggås | 80 | 50 | / |
| Heaggs | 80 | 15 | / |
| Haeggs | 80 | 1 | / |
| Geiggs | 80 | 0 | / |
| Hegg | 75 | 2,869 | / |
| Gegg | 75 | 1,284 | / |
| Oggs | 75 | 136 | / |
| Aggs | 75 | 39 | / |
| Jegs | 75 | 18 | / |
| Eigg | 75 | 7 | / |
| Gigs | 75 | 6 | / |
| Egse | 75 | 6 | / |
| Eags | 75 | 6 | / |
| Gegs | 75 | 3 | / |
| Eggø | 75 | 3 | / |
| Hegs | 75 | 2 | / |
| Eegg | 75 | 2 | / |
| Egqs | 75 | 2 | / |
| Yegs | 75 | 1 | / |
| Eugg | 75 | 1 | / |
| Iggs | 75 | 1 | / |
| Egks | 75 | 1 | / |
| Eggq | 75 | 1 | / |
| Eggt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Egsh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Egsp | 75 | 1 | / |
| Egsx | 75 | 1 | / |
| Iegg | 75 | 1 | / |
| Higgs | 67 | 31,939 | / |
| Eg | 67 | 6,246 | / |
| Giggs | 67 | 769 | / |
| Hoggs | 67 | 202 | / |
| Heggø | 67 | 90 | / |
| Heags | 67 | 64 | / |
| Eggue | 67 | 41 | / |
| Jiggs | 67 | 15 | / |
| Haggs | 67 | 9 | / |
| Eigås | 67 | 6 | / |
| Heggt | 67 | 4 | / |
| Jeegg | 67 | 2 | / |
| Aiggs | 67 | 2 | / |
| Heegs | 67 | 2 | / |
| Heigs | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gigss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aekgs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ieggg | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jegsx | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eggic | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hegse | 67 | 1 | / |
| Heugs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eeqgs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Egcse | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eggik | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hyggs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hegst | 67 | 1 | / |
| Geigs | 67 | 0 | / |
| Goigs | 67 | 0 | / |
| Eggph | 67 | 0 | / |
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