Where Does The Last Name Yegh Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Yegh (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﻚ) is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Yegh? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name Yegh is the 677,464^th most frequently used family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 16,562,604 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Yegh are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yegh is also the 1,116,575^th most commonly occurring forename at a global level, borne by 75 people.

The surname Yegh is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 432 people, or 1 in 410,053. In Nigeria Yegh is mostly found in: Benue, where 94 percent reside, Federal Capital Territory, where 4 percent reside and Kaduna, where 2 percent reside. Not including Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 2 percent reside and Mauritania, where 0 percent reside.