Tegest Surname
Approximately 8,855 people bear this surname
Tegest Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 8,854 | 1:11,017 | 1,638 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Tegest (147) may also be a first name.
Tegest Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tegest Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tegest is borne by more people in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tegest? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 57,195th most frequent last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 822,987 people. Tegest occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tegest live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 760,591st most prevalent first name in the world, borne by 147 people.
The surname Tegest is most frequently used in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 8,854 people, or 1 in 11,017. Excluding Ethiopia it exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 0 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 Tegest
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