Yegra Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Argentina

Yegra Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yegra Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Yegra (6) may also be a first name.

Yegra Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Yegra Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Yegra is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yegra? popularity and diffusion

The surname Yegra is the 8,968,613th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Yegra occurs mostly in Africa, where 50 percent of Yegra are found; 50 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 4,967,096th most commonly occurring forename world-wide, borne by 6 people.

The surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria Yegra is most common in: Cross River, where 50 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria Yegra occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 25 percent are found and Spain, where 25 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yengra9113/
Ayegra914/
Yeghra911/
Egra89457/
Yegreah831/
Yegre80256/
Yegro80256/
Gegra804/
Egray803/
Eghra802/
Egrai802/
Eagra801/
Eggra801/
Yegri801/
Iegra801/
Egrea801/
Jegra801/
Yegros738,037/
Yegres732,401/
Yegrez7319/
Egreau7313/
Yujgra738/
Yegriz736/
Jengra734/
Ekghra732/
Gengra731/
Yoagra731/
Eigera731/
Eegraj731/
Yegroz731/
Yegred731/
Yeghre731/
Jegraj731/
Egri674,901/
Egre671,775/
Egry67414/
Eisgrau67110/
Egro6758/
Egré672/
Iyangra671/
Jegreat671/
Ajengra671/
Eagrass671/
Huegrau670/

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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 Yegra
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