Negeh Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Negeh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 45 | 1:3,936,506 | 111,794 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
Negeh (35) may also be a first name.
Negeh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Negeh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Negeh is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Negeh? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,843,861st most frequent family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. The last name Negeh is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Negeh live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Negeh is also the 1,744,716th most widely held first name in the world. It is borne by 35 people.
It is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 45 people, or 1 in 3,936,506. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 82 percent reside, Federal Capital Territory, where 16 percent reside and Taraba, where 2 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria Negeh occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 2 percent reside and Iran, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Negeh
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