Negest Surname
Approximately 6,118 people bear this surname
Negest Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 6,117 | 1:15,947 | 2,188 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Negest (81) may also be a first name.
Negest Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Negest Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Negest (Russian: Нэгэст) is held by more people in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Negest? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 79,694th most frequently held family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 1,191,165 people. The last name Negest is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Negest live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 1,068,082nd most frequently held given name worldwide It is held by 81 people.
The surname Negest is most frequently occurring in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 6,117 people, or 1 in 15,947. Aside from Ethiopia it is found in one country. It is also common in Canada, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Negest Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Negest in the Russian language | ||
| Нэгэст | negest | - |
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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 Negest
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