Jege Surname
Approximately 237 people bear this surname
Jege Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 110 | 1:492,525 | 40,325 |
| Nigeria | 70 | 1:2,530,611 | 83,100 |
| Niger | 13 | 1:1,476,309 | 30,154 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Uganda | 10 | 1:3,903,928 | 93,934 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
The alternate forms: Jége (1) are calculated separately.
Jege (124) may also be a first name.
Jege Demographics
Average Jege Salary in
South Africa
R 157,176
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Jege Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jege Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jege (Bengali: জেগে, Hindi: जेगे, Marathi: जेगे, Oriya: େଜେଗ) is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant: Jége. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Jege? popularity and diffusion
The surname Jege is the 1,055,483rd most commonly held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 30,749,139 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Jege live; 47 percent live in Southern Africa and 47 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Jege is also the 836,439th most commonly used first name throughout the world, borne by 124 people.
The last name Jege is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 110 people, or 1 in 492,525. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Limpopo, where 69 percent reside, Gauteng, where 27 percent reside and Free State, where 1 percent reside. Beside South Africa Jege exists in 17 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 30 percent reside and Niger, where 5 percent reside.
Jege Last Name Statistics demography
Jege earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 33.86% less than the national average, earning R 157,176 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jege Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jege in the Bengali language | ||
| জেগে | jege | - |
| Jege in the Hindi language | ||
| जेगे | jege | - |
| Jege in the Oriya language | ||
| େଜେଗ | ejega | 75 |
| େଯେଗ | eyega | 25 |
| Jege in the Marathi language | ||
| जेगे | jege | 55.56 |
| जोेगे | joege | 22.22 |
| जेघे | jeghe | 22.22 |
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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 Jege
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