Yegba Surname
Approximately 96 people bear this surname
Yegba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 44 | 1:100,194 | 7,994 |
| Cameroon | 24 | 1:865,378 | 58,754 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Yegba (20) may also be a first name.
Yegba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yegba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yegba is found most in Liberia. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yegba? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,894,523rd most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 75,911,937 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Yegba reside; 52 percent reside in West Africa and 47 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most frequently used first name on earth, borne by 20 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Liberia, where it is borne by 44 people, or 1 in 100,194. In Liberia it is primarily found in: River Gee County, where 75 percent are found, Montserrado County, where 23 percent are found and Lofa County, where 2 percent are found. Excluding Liberia this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 25 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 22 percent are found.
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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 Yegba
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