Jegr Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Czechia

Jegr Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jegr Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran101:7,678,252153,484
Czechia71:1,519,06797,842
Canada41:9,211,398321,528

The alternate forms: Jégr (22) are calculated separately.

Jegr Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Jegr Come From? nationality or country of origin

Jegr is more commonly found in Iran than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Jégr. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Jegr? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,307,654th most widely held family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. Jegr occurs mostly in Asia, where 48 percent of Jegr reside; 48 percent reside in South Asia and 48 percent reside in Islamic South Asia.

The last name Jegr is most commonly held in Iran, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 7,678,252. In Iran it is most frequent in: East Azerbaijan Province, where 80 percent live, Razavi Khorasan Province, where 10 percent live and Tehran Province, where 10 percent live. Other than Iran Jegr occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Czechia, where 33 percent live and Canada, where 19 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jégr9222/
Jegrr8914/
Jengr891/
Djegr891/
Egr86159/
Jeager80127/
Jegård8030/
Jeeger8024/
Jeiger8018/
Jeyger801/
Hegr75588/
Segr7545/
Jägr7510/
Jigr753/
Eggr752/
Yegr752/
Iegr751/
Egrh751/
Ecgr751/
Zegr751/
Ejgr751/
Jegrová734/
Jengeer731/
Jejgård731/
Jegrova731/
Jeagger731/
Hojgr67166/
Siegr675/
Seggr671/
Heegr671/
Geigr671/
Geygr671/
Seghr671/
Segrå671/
Zeegr671/
Iegrz671/
Gehgr671/
Heagr670/
Seagr670/

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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 Jegr
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