Jega Surname
Approximately 4,880 people bear this surname
Jega Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3,557 | 1:49,801 | 3,818 |
| Sri Lanka | 439 | 1:47,400 | 5,492 |
| Indonesia | 227 | 1:582,596 | 46,553 |
| Tanzania | 227 | 1:233,223 | 19,155 |
| Romania | 143 | 1:140,405 | 15,083 |
| Papua New Guinea | 122 | 1:66,834 | 8,731 |
| India | 70 | 1:10,958,077 | 204,613 |
| Singapore | 30 | 1:183,590 | 7,666 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
The alternate forms: Jéga (17) are calculated separately.
Jega (7,153) may also be a first name.
Jega Demographics
Average Jega Salary in
United States
$25,438 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Jega Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jega Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jega (Hindi: जेगा, Marathi: जेगा, Oriya: େଜଗା) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Jéga. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jega? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 97,287th most frequent surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 1,493,350 people. Jega occurs mostly in Africa, where 78 percent of Jega live; 73 percent live in West Africa and 73 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 76,536th most numerous forename worldwide, borne by 7,153 people.
This surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 3,557 people, or 1 in 49,801. In Nigeria it is most common in: Borno, where 54 percent reside, Kebbi, where 8 percent reside and Kaduna, where 5 percent reside. Barring Nigeria Jega is found in 34 countries. It is also common in Sri Lanka, where 9 percent reside and Indonesia, where 5 percent reside.
Jega Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Jega surname is chiefly Muslim (97%) in Nigeria.
Jega earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 41.05% less than the national average, earning $25,438 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jega Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jega in the Marathi language | ||
| जेगा | jega | - |
| Jega in the Hindi language | ||
| जेगा | jega | 66.67 |
| जोेगा | joega | 22.22 |
| जोगा | joga | 11.11 |
| Jega in the Oriya language | ||
| େଜଗା | ejaga | 58.33 |
| େଯଗା | eyaga | 16.67 |
| େଯଗ | eyaga | 8.33 |
| େଜଗ | ejaga | 8.33 |
| େଯାଗ | eyaga | 8.33 |
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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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- 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 Jega
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