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

The last name Jegr is more commonly found in Iran than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Jégr. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Jegr? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,307,654th most commonly held last name on earth, held by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. Jegr occurs mostly in Asia, where 48 percent of Jegr live; 48 percent live in South Asia and 48 percent live in Islamic South Asia.

This surname is most numerous in Iran, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 7,678,252. In Iran Jegr is most common in: East Azerbaijan Province, where 80 percent reside, Razavi Khorasan Province, where 10 percent reside and Tehran Province, where 10 percent reside. Apart from Iran it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Czechia, where 33 percent reside and Canada, where 19 percent reside.

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
  • 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 Jegr
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