Jeghi Surname
Approximately 218 people bear this surname
Jeghi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 211 | 1:363,898 | 24,031 |
| Mauritania | 4 | 1:1,023,716 | 25,172 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Jeghi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jeghi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jeghi (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﻘﻲ) is borne by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Jeghi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,115,011th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 33,429,110 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Jeghi live; 97 percent live in South Asia and 97 percent live in Islamic South Asia.
This last name is most numerous in Iran, where it is held by 211 people, or 1 in 363,898. In Iran Jeghi is most frequent in: Razavi Khorasan Province, where 24 percent live, South Khorasan Province, where 21 percent live and Isfahan Province, where 18 percent live. Outside of Iran this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 2 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jeghi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jeghi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺟﻘﻲ | jqy | - |
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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 Jeghi
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