Jegi Surname
Approximately 213 people bear this surname
Jegi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 50 | 1:164,258 | 15,252 |
| Niger | 46 | 1:417,218 | 11,489 |
| Papua New Guinea | 26 | 1:313,604 | 42,091 |
| India | 19 | 1:40,371,862 | 445,856 |
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| Estonia | 15 | 1:88,120 | 15,474 |
| Tanzania | 15 | 1:3,529,441 | 50,903 |
| United States | 12 | 1:30,204,911 | 765,334 |
| Mexico | 6 | 1:20,687,701 | 53,861 |
| Latvia | 3 | 1:683,349 | 34,074 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Jegi (182) may also be a first name.
Jegi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jegi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jegi (Hindi: जेगी, Marathi: जोेगी, Oriya: େଜଗି) is found in Switzerland more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of Jegi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jegi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Jegi is the 1,133,308th most commonly occurring family name globally It is held by around 1 in 34,213,831 people. The last name Jegi is predominantly found in Africa, where 37 percent of Jegi are found; 29 percent are found in West Africa and 23 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 675,152nd most widely held first name in the world, borne by 182 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Switzerland, where it is held by 50 people, or 1 in 164,258. In Switzerland Jegi is primarily concentrated in: Canton of Zürich, where 52 percent reside, Canton of Graubünden, where 44 percent reside and Canton of Aargau, where 2 percent reside. Outside of Switzerland this surname occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 22 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 12 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jegi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jegi in the Hindi language | ||
| जेगी | jegi | 90 |
| जॅगी | jegi | 10 |
| Jegi in the Oriya language | ||
| େଜଗି | ejagi | 58.33 |
| େଯଗି | eyagi | 25 |
| େଜଗୀ | ejagi | 8.33 |
| େଯଗୀ | eyagi | 8.33 |
| Jegi in the Marathi language | ||
| जोेगी | joegi | 40 |
| जेगी | jegi | 32 |
| जाेगी | jaegi | 24 |
| जॅगी | jegi | 4 |
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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 Jegi
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