Yelegar Surname
Approximately 205 people bear this surname
Yelegar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 194 | 1:22,724 | 2,241 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
Yelegar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yelegar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yelegar (Marathi: येलेगार) is held by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Yelegar click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yelegar? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,163,787th most common family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 35,549,004 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Yelegar are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa.
The surname Yelegar is most commonly held in Liberia, where it is carried by 194 people, or 1 in 22,724. In Liberia it is most prevalent in: Nimba County, where 77 percent reside, Montserrado County, where 16 percent reside and Margibi County, where 6 percent reside. Barring Liberia it is found in one country. It is also found in India, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yellegar | 93 | 2 | / |
| Yelehgar | 93 | 1 | / |
| Elegar | 92 | 179 | / |
| Yeligar | 86 | 96 | / |
| Yelagar | 86 | 20 | / |
| Gelegar | 86 | 8 | / |
| Eylegar | 86 | 2 | / |
| Eleagar | 86 | 2 | / |
| Jelegar | 86 | 1 | / |
| Oelegar | 86 | 1 | / |
| Yeligare | 80 | 4 | / |
| Yellagar | 80 | 2 | / |
| Eilegard | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yelligar | 80 | 1 | / |
| Jhelegar | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gellegar | 80 | 0 | / |
| Eligar | 77 | 5,167 | / |
| Elegor | 77 | 3 | / |
| Gayleegar | 75 | 1 | / |
| Elligar | 71 | 8 | / |
| Ellegor | 71 | 8 | / |
| Jelagar | 71 | 6 | / |
| Ealigar | 71 | 3 | / |
| Ailegar | 71 | 3 | / |
| Aleegar | 71 | 1 | / |
| Geligar | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gelegor | 71 | 1 | / |
| Heyligar | 67 | 65 | / |
| Hileygar | 67 | 5 | / |
| Haulegar | 67 | 5 | / |
| Yelaghor | 67 | 2 | / |
| Heylligar | 63 | 13 | / |
| Oulechgar | 63 | 9 | / |
| Eligor | 62 | 13 | / |
| Ailigar | 57 | 63 | / |
| Gouligar | 53 | 1 | / |
Yelegar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yelegar in the Marathi language | ||
| येलेगार | yelegara | 75 |
| येळेगर | yelegara | 25 |
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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 Yelegar
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