Yego Surname
Approximately 20,244 people bear this surname
Yego Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 19,664 | 1:2,348 | 375 |
| Ivory Coast | 190 | 1:121,428 | 5,978 |
| Uganda | 101 | 1:386,528 | 24,497 |
| Burkina Faso | 100 | 1:183,521 | 4,204 |
| Benin | 93 | 1:111,136 | 12,439 |
| United States | 47 | 1:7,711,892 | 346,147 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Yego (2,938) may also be a first name.
Yego Demographics
Yego Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Yego Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yego Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yego (Marathi: येगो, Tibetan: ཡེ་གོ་) is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yego? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yego is the 26,567th most frequently held last name globally, held by around 1 in 359,985 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Yego live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 78 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 133,828th most prevalent first name worldwide It is held by 2,938 people.
The surname is most widespread in Kenya, where it is held by 19,664 people, or 1 in 2,348. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Uasin Gishu County, where 29 percent are found, Nandi County, where 22 percent are found and Elgeyo Marakwet County, where 13 percent are found. Besides Kenya Yego exists in 22 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent are found and Uganda, where 0 percent are found.
Yego Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Yego has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 4,700 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Yego Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Yego surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Yego last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.
Yego earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 36.87% more than the national average, earning $59,060 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yego Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yego in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཡེ་གོ་ | yégo | - |
| Yego in the Marathi language | ||
| येगो | yego | - |
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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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- 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 Yego
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