Yegezaw Surname

295,590th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,290 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Yegezaw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Yegezaw Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia1,2881:75,7357,282
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Yegezaw (1,503) may also be a first name.

Yegezaw Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yegezaw is more frequently found in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yegezaw? popularity and diffusion

It is the 295,590th most prevalent family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 5,649,260 people. The surname Yegezaw occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yegezaw live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 200,504th most frequently held first name throughout the world, borne by 1,503 people.

Yegezaw is most commonly used in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 1,288 people, or 1 in 75,735. Excluding Ethiopia this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yigezaw8642/
Yegizaw8616/
Agezaw774/
Ygizaw772/
Egezew771/
Yigizaw7139/
Yigezuw711/
Agezew6250/
Agizaw621/
Egizova5794/

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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 Yegezaw
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