Yegha Surname
Approximately 328 people bear this surname
Yegha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 324 | 1:64,102 | 8,150 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
Yegha (12) may also be a first name.
Yegha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yegha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yegha is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yegha? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 839,220th most prevalent last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 22,218,128 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Yegha reside; 90 percent reside in Central Africa and 90 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Yegha is also the 3,306,491st most commonly held first name on earth It is held by 12 people.
Yegha is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 324 people, or 1 in 64,102. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 60 percent are found, Centre Region, where 13 percent are found and Southwest Region, where 12 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Yegha
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