Eyega Surname
Approximately 76 people bear this surname
Eyega Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 43 | 1:907,890 | 40,955 |
| Cameroon | 27 | 1:769,225 | 54,005 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Eyega Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Eyega Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Eyega is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Eyega click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Eyega? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,168,711th most common surname in the world, held by around 1 in 95,888,762 people. The last name Eyega is predominantly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Eyega live; 57 percent live in East Africa and 53 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
This last name is most numerous in Uganda, where it is borne by 43 people, or 1 in 907,890. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Yumbe District, where 88 percent reside, Arua District, where 2 percent reside and Kayunga District, where 2 percent reside. Other than Uganda Eyega occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 36 percent reside and The United States, where 5 percent reside.
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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 Eyega
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