Where Does The Last Name Yeg Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Yeg (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﻚ, Marathi: यॅग) is found in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Yeg.

How Common Is The Last Name Yeg? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This last name is the 3,141,416^th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. Yeg occurs predominantly in Africa, where 56 percent of Yeg are found; 44 percent are found in West Africa and 41 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. Yeg is also the 1,637,361^st most commonly occurring first name worldwide, held by 39 people.

The last name Yeg is most commonly used in Mauritania, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 255,929. In Mauritania it is most numerous in: Trarza Region, where 88 percent are found, Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 6 percent are found and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 6 percent are found. Other than Mauritania this surname is found in 12 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 15 percent are found and Kenya, where 10 percent are found.