Jegede Surname
Approximately 36,801 people bear this surname
Jegede Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 35,758 | 1:4,954 | 655 |
| England | 396 | 1:140,702 | 13,671 |
| United States | 321 | 1:1,129,156 | 81,316 |
| Zimbabwe | 224 | 1:68,921 | 10,300 |
| Germany | 16 | 1:5,031,591 | 189,895 |
| Canada | 15 | 1:2,456,373 | 146,130 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:773,633 | 29,106 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Lesotho | 3 | 1:677,519 | 19,546 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Jegede (975) may also be a first name.
Jegede Demographics
Jegede Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Jegede Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jegede Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jegede is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jegede? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 15,134th most commonly held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 198,026 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Jegede reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 258,094th most common first name at a global level, held by 975 people.
The last name Jegede is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 35,758 people, or 1 in 4,954. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Ekiti, where 25 percent live, Lagos, where 14 percent live and Ondo, where 12 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in 37 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Jegede Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Christian (95%) in Nigeria.
In The United States Jegede are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Jegede earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 67.6% less than the national average, earning R 77,004 per year; in United States they earn 7.96% more than the national average, earning $46,582 USD per year and in Canada they earn 30.56% more than the national average, earning $64,865 CAD per year.
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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 Jegede
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