Shege Surname
Approximately 6,868 people bear this surname
Shege Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 6,761 | 1:14,428 | 2,030 |
| India | 54 | 1:14,204,914 | 239,375 |
| Nigeria | 35 | 1:5,061,222 | 131,727 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Shege (1,466) may also be a first name.
Shege Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shege Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shege (Marathi: शेगे) occurs in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shege? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 71,842nd most commonly occurring family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,061,087 people. The surname Shege is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Shege are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 98 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 203,459th most frequently held first name world-wide, held by 1,466 people.
The last name Shege is most frequent in Ethiopia, where it is held by 6,761 people, or 1 in 14,428. Beside Ethiopia it exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in India, where 1 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shege Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shege in the Marathi language | ||
| शेगे | sege | - |
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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 Shege
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