Yega Surname
Approximately 325 people bear this surname
Yega Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 100 | 1:207,691 | 21,269 |
| Indonesia | 52 | 1:2,543,254 | 149,807 |
| Niger | 32 | 1:599,751 | 14,963 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| United States | 14 | 1:25,889,924 | 709,614 |
| Uganda | 13 | 1:3,003,021 | 81,551 |
| Ivory Coast | 13 | 1:1,774,710 | 34,235 |
| Tanzania | 12 | 1:4,411,801 | 54,433 |
| Colombia | 10 | 1:4,777,407 | 17,975 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Yega (788) may also be a first name.
Yega Demographics
Average Yega Salary in
United States
$50,264 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Yega Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yega Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yega (Marathi: येगा, Tibetan: ཡེ་གཱ་) has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yega? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 844,382nd most widespread surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 22,423,218 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 68 percent of Yega reside; 39 percent reside in West Africa and 30 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 291,981st most frequently occurring forename internationally It is held by 788 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 100 people, or 1 in 207,691. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Far North Region, where 67 percent reside, Northwest Region, where 21 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 10 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon it exists in 24 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 16 percent reside and Niger, where 10 percent reside.
Yega Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Yega has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Yega Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Yega earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 65.15% less than the national average, earning R 82,812 per year; in Colombia they earn 52.01% more than the national average, earning $34,510,500 COP per year and in United States they earn 16.49% more than the national average, earning $50,264 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yega Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yega in the Marathi language | ||
| येगा | yega | - |
| Yega in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཡེ་གཱ་ | yéga | 50 |
| ཡིད་དགའ་ | yiga | 50 |
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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 Yega
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