Yegezu Surname

176,024th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,432 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Yegezu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yegezu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia2,4151:40,3924,505
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
England21:27,859,030389,889
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Yegezu (4,740) may also be a first name.

Yegezu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yegezu is carried by more people in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yegezu? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 176,024th most prevalent surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 2,996,524 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Yegezu reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Yegezu is also the 99,431st most commonly occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 4,740 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 2,415 people, or 1 in 40,392. Outside of Ethiopia this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent reside and Sweden, where 0 percent reside.

Yegezu Last Name Statistics demography

Yegezu earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 33.72% less than the national average, earning $28,600 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yiegezu926/
Yegazu839/
Yegesu834/
Egesu7339/
Ezezu733/
Echezu67196/
Egechu672/
Gegesu672/
Agiezu671/
Echeazu62307/
Yeggosu623/
Ezizu553/
Egisu552/
Ezesu551/
Ezisu551/
Ezeizu5014/
Ezeazu509/
Aigesu502/
Ezezou501/
Egichu501/
Ezichu501/
Ezisou501/

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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 Yegezu
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