Yegh Surname

677,464th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 440 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Yegh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yegh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4321:410,05321,395
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ayegh89592/
Uyegh8922/
Yiegh898/
Hyegh892/
Oyegh892/
Yesgh891/
Yeg8639/
Egh8619/
Yiyegh806/
Ayiegh806/
Ihyegh804/
Ayeegh804/
Yieagh803/
Hayegh801/
Aegh7574/
Jegh7537/
Uyeg7527/
Eyeg7526/
Eagh7519/
Eigh757/
Yexh753/
Uygh752/
Eugh752/
Yekh752/
Yegg752/
Ayeg752/
Yygh752/
Yieg752/
Eegh752/
Yehq751/
Iygh751/
Eqgh751/
Eygh751/
Egkh751/
Yjgh751/
Yehg751/
Gegh751/
Yjeg751/
Oyeg751/
Yegs751/
Yeyg751/
Aygh751/
Yheg751/
Yesg751/
Yehx751/
Uegh751/
Eg676,246/
Heugh671,380/
Heigh67570/
Yegue67513/
Huygh67494/
Hayeg67481/
Yekhe67116/
Ayugh6762/
Ayagh6734/
Eghik6724/
Heagh6713/
Ayogh6713/
Heegh6711/
Haygh6710/
Hiegh679/
Geigh677/
Iyogh677/
Giyeg674/
Yoygh674/
Ajegh674/
Uyagh674/
Ayhgh674/
Ijegh674/
Gayeg673/
Oyqeh672/
Uyogh671/
Ieigh671/
Ayeeg671/
Iyekh671/
Eiigh671/
Eeyeg671/
Yhexh671/
Yehqt671/
Uhygh671/
Ayigh671/
Iykeh671/
Aaegh671/
Geyeg671/
Yehke671/
Hejgh671/
Awegh671/
Ejogh671/
Gaegh671/
Iyagh671/
Geagh670/

Yegh Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yegh in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻳﻚyk-

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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 Yegh
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