Jegan Surname
Approximately 2,078 people bear this surname
Jegan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 877 | 1:23,727 | 3,118 |
| India | 425 | 1:1,804,860 | 64,070 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| United Arab Emirates | 109 | 1:84,058 | 7,655 |
| Bahrain | 88 | 1:15,325 | 3,085 |
| Kuwait | 58 | 1:65,529 | 7,566 |
| Qatar | 53 | 1:44,491 | 4,459 |
| Malaysia | 43 | 1:685,912 | 32,468 |
| Singapore | 34 | 1:161,991 | 6,884 |
| Canada | 30 | 1:1,228,186 | 88,140 |
| England | 27 | 1:2,063,632 | 79,942 |
| United States | 19 | 1:19,076,786 | 604,894 |
| Germany | 18 | 1:4,472,526 | 177,866 |
| Philippines | 17 | 1:5,955,190 | 180,670 |
| Oman | 13 | 1:283,690 | 4,528 |
| Austria | 12 | 1:709,620 | 61,025 |
| Romania | 10 | 1:2,007,787 | 54,092 |
| Moldova | 8 | 1:445,171 | 30,722 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Jegan (5,575) may also be a first name.
Jegan Demographics
Average Jegan Salary in
United States
$50,875 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Jegan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jegan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jegan (Hindi: जेगन, Marathi: जेगन, Oriya: େଜଗାନ) is more commonly found in Sri Lanka than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jegan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 200,754th most numerous family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 3,507,000 people. The last name Jegan occurs predominantly in Asia, where 93 percent of Jegan reside; 63 percent reside in South Asia and 63 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 89,767th most common first name globally, borne by 5,575 people.
This surname is most numerous in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 877 people, or 1 in 23,727. Not including Sri Lanka it occurs in 35 countries. It also occurs in India, where 20 percent are found and Saudi Arabia, where 10 percent are found.
Jegan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Jegan has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Jegan surname expanded 2,700 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it expanded 211 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Jegan Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Jegan earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 36.6% less than the national average, earning 219,429 kr per year; in United States they earn 17.91% more than the national average, earning $50,875 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.47% more than the national average, earning $56,377 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jegan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jegan in the Hindi language | ||
| जेगन | jegana | - |
| Jegan in the Oriya language | ||
| େଜଗାନ | ejagana | - |
| Jegan in the Marathi language | ||
| जेगन | jegana | 63.64 |
| जेगनाहम | jeganahama | 18.18 |
| जगन | jagana | 9.09 |
| जेगां | jegam | 9.09 |
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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 Jegan
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