Tsegay Surname

7,083rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 80,121 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Eritrea

Tsegay Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tsegay Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia55,2161:1,767314
Eritrea24,3591:19568
Sweden2161:45,5873,572
United States1681:2,157,494136,287
Canada311:1,188,56786,017
Australia241:1,124,82162,883
England191:2,932,529101,561
Switzerland141:586,63740,624
Netherlands101:1,688,71881,846
Uganda91:4,337,69899,715
Norway81:642,78647,258
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
New Zealand31:1,509,44147,971
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
France21:33,211,361423,184
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Tsegay (61,788) may also be a first name.

Tsegay Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Tsegay Come From? nationality or country of origin

Tsegay (Tibetan: ཚེ་རྒྱས།) is more frequently found in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tsegay? popularity and diffusion

It is the 7,083rd most widely held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 90,957 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Tsegay reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Tsegay is also the 15,495th most frequently held first name at a global level, borne by 61,788 people.

The surname is most numerous in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 55,216 people, or 1 in 1,767. Besides Ethiopia Tsegay exists in 32 countries. It is also found in Eritrea, where 30 percent are found and Sweden, where 0 percent are found.

Tsegay Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Tsegay last name are 31.39% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 84.62% being registered with the political party.

The amount Tsegay earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 7.5% less than the national average, earning $39,911 USD per year and in Canada they earn 31.01% less than the national average, earning $34,274 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tsegaye92391,113/
Tsegaya9240/
Tseggay9219/
Tsegayi929/
Tseghay926/
Tshegay925/
Tsegayo921/
Tsega9173,285/
Tsegayie861,449/
Tshegaye864/
Tseghaye862/
Tssegaye861/
Tsegayee861/
Tseegaye861/
Tsegauye861/
Tseggaye861/
Tsegai8324,686/
Tsegah832,920/
Tsegha83554/
Tsegas8346/
Tsegae8339/
Tsegga8335/
Tsygay8326/
Tsigay8321/
Tzegay8318/
Tsagay8312/
Tseega839/
Tseuga834/
Tseaga832/
Tseguy832/
Tsegea831/
Tsegap831/
Tsegoy831/
Tseagy831/
Tsegaa831/
Tseiga831/
Tseegayaa801/
Tshenga77152/
Tseggai77102/
Tsagaye7738/
Tshogay7725/
Tsigaye7725/
Tseagha7722/
Tseghai7715/
Tshegoa7711/
Tsheuga775/
Tshagay774/
Tsegyia774/
Tsegash774/
Tsegeye773/
Tzeggay772/
Tsigayi771/
Tsehgaa771/
Tseegah771/
Tzegahy771/
Tsegawe771/
Tseghaa771/
Tsege7343,354/
Tsiga738,232/
Tsegi732,256/
Tsaga73393/
Tjega73205/
Tsoga7323/
Zegay7321/
Tsyga7311/
Tcega734/
Cegay732/
Tsagy732/
Tzega732/
Tsegé731/
Tsaghayo71173/
Tshigayo716/
Tzeggaye712/
Thsagaye711/
Tsegie6720,286/
Tsegui67544/
Tshoga67423/
Tsigas67233/
Zegaya67139/
Tseghe67112/
Tjeega67110/
Tchega6795/
Tseger6754/
Tsigah6751/
Tzegai6733/
Sciega6732/
Tshege6727/
Cegaye6726/
Tseige6725/
Zeegay6723/
Tsyguy6717/
Csigay6715/
Tshiga6714/
Zegaye6712/
Zeggay6711/
Tsagha6711/
Tsegeh6710/
Tsagai679/
Chegay677/
Tsegou675/
Tsegee675/
Tshingayi674/
Tshaga674/
Thsoga674/
Tsigae674/
Tsigau672/
Tsagga671/
Zeigay671/
Zeghay671/
Tsayga671/
Tjgega671/
Tsogha671/
Tsagaa671/
Tshengeya671/
Tségey671/
Tsygau671/
Cegayo671/
Csygay671/
Tsagey671/
Tssege671/
Tsiege671/
Tsigea671/
Tsigey671/
Zegayi671/

Tsegay Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tsegay in the Tibetan language
ཚེ་རྒྱས།tségyé66.67
ཚེས་བརྒྱ།tségya33.33

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Footnotes

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