Yegen Surname
Approximately 233 people bear this surname
Yegen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 84 | 1:549,761 | 26,736 |
| United States | 64 | 1:5,663,421 | 279,165 |
| Germany | 25 | 1:3,220,218 | 147,383 |
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Iran | 6 | 1:12,797,087 | 199,837 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 16 | 1:3,138,668 | 142,671 |
Yegen (53) may also be a first name.
Yegen Demographics
Average Yegen Salary in
United States
$58,850 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Yegen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yegen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yegen (Russian: Йеген) is found most in Kenya. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yegen? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,067,497th most widespread last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 31,277,021 people. Yegen occurs predominantly in Africa, where 37 percent of Yegen live; 36 percent live in East Africa and 36 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 1,366,219th most frequently occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 53 people.
This surname is most frequent in Kenya, where it is carried by 84 people, or 1 in 549,761. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Bomet County, where 93 percent are found, Baringo County, where 5 percent are found and Kericho County, where 1 percent are found. Barring Kenya it occurs in 26 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 27 percent are found and Germany, where 11 percent are found.
Yegen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Yegen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Yegen last name grew 400 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Yegen Last Name Statistics demography
Yegen earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 36.39% more than the national average, earning $58,850 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yegen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yegen in the Russian language | ||
| Йеген | jegen | - |
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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 Yegen
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