Yegh Surname
Approximately 440 people bear this surname
Yegh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 432 | 1:410,053 | 21,395 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Yegh (75) may also be a first name.
Yegh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yegh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yegh (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﻚ) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Yegh click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yegh? popularity and diffusion
Yegh is the 677,464th most frequently held surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 16,562,604 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Yegh live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,116,575th most widely held first name world-wide. It is borne by 75 people.
The last name Yegh is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 432 people, or 1 in 410,053. In Nigeria Yegh is most numerous in: Benue, where 94 percent are found, Federal Capital Territory, where 4 percent are found and Kaduna, where 2 percent are found. Barring Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 2 percent are found and Mauritania, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ayegh | 89 | 592 | / |
| Uyegh | 89 | 22 | / |
| Yiegh | 89 | 8 | / |
| Hyegh | 89 | 2 | / |
| Oyegh | 89 | 2 | / |
| Yesgh | 89 | 1 | / |
| Yeg | 86 | 39 | / |
| Egh | 86 | 19 | / |
| Yiyegh | 80 | 6 | / |
| Ayiegh | 80 | 6 | / |
| Ihyegh | 80 | 4 | / |
| Ayeegh | 80 | 4 | / |
| Yieagh | 80 | 3 | / |
| Hayegh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Aegh | 75 | 74 | / |
| Jegh | 75 | 37 | / |
| Uyeg | 75 | 27 | / |
| Eyeg | 75 | 26 | / |
| Eagh | 75 | 19 | / |
| Eigh | 75 | 7 | / |
| Yexh | 75 | 3 | / |
| Uygh | 75 | 2 | / |
| Eugh | 75 | 2 | / |
| Yekh | 75 | 2 | / |
| Yegg | 75 | 2 | / |
| Ayeg | 75 | 2 | / |
| Yygh | 75 | 2 | / |
| Yieg | 75 | 2 | / |
| Eegh | 75 | 2 | / |
| Yehq | 75 | 1 | / |
| Iygh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Eqgh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Eygh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Egkh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Yjgh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Yehg | 75 | 1 | / |
| Gegh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Yjeg | 75 | 1 | / |
| Oyeg | 75 | 1 | / |
| Yegs | 75 | 1 | / |
| Yeyg | 75 | 1 | / |
| Aygh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Yheg | 75 | 1 | / |
| Yesg | 75 | 1 | / |
| Yehx | 75 | 1 | / |
| Uegh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Eg | 67 | 6,246 | / |
| Heugh | 67 | 1,380 | / |
| Heigh | 67 | 570 | / |
| Yegue | 67 | 513 | / |
| Huygh | 67 | 494 | / |
| Hayeg | 67 | 481 | / |
| Yekhe | 67 | 116 | / |
| Ayugh | 67 | 62 | / |
| Ayagh | 67 | 34 | / |
| Eghik | 67 | 24 | / |
| Heagh | 67 | 13 | / |
| Ayogh | 67 | 13 | / |
| Heegh | 67 | 11 | / |
| Haygh | 67 | 10 | / |
| Hiegh | 67 | 9 | / |
| Geigh | 67 | 7 | / |
| Iyogh | 67 | 7 | / |
| Giyeg | 67 | 4 | / |
| Yoygh | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ajegh | 67 | 4 | / |
| Uyagh | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ayhgh | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ijegh | 67 | 4 | / |
| Gayeg | 67 | 3 | / |
| Oyqeh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Uyogh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ieigh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ayeeg | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iyekh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eiigh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eeyeg | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yhexh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yehqt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uhygh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ayigh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iykeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aaegh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Geyeg | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yehke | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hejgh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Awegh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ejogh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gaegh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iyagh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Geagh | 67 | 0 | / |
Yegh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yegh in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﻚ | yk | - |
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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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- 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 Yegh
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