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
Jegi (Hindi: जेगी, Marathi: जोेगी, Oriya: େଜଗି) is most common in Switzerland. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jegi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,133,308th most frequent surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 34,213,831 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 37 percent of Jegi are found; 29 percent are found in West Africa and 23 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Jegi is also the 675,152nd most frequently held forename globally. It is borne by 182 people.
The last name Jegi is most frequently occurring in Switzerland, where it is carried by 50 people, or 1 in 164,258. In Switzerland it is mostly found in: Canton of Zürich, where 52 percent are found, Canton of Graubünden, where 44 percent are found and Canton of Aargau, where 2 percent are found. Outside of Switzerland this last name is found in 14 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 22 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 12 percent are found.
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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- 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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