Yelego Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Yelego Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yelego Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia181:244,91915,115
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051

Yelego Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yelego is most common in Liberia. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yelego? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,532,898th most commonly occurring last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yelego reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.

This surname is most frequent in Liberia, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 244,919. In Liberia it is primarily found in: Nimba County, where 100 percent live. Beside Liberia this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Burkina Faso, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Elego9115/
Gelego83142/
Ellego8320/
Yelega837/
Elegho831/
Elegou831/
Gellego77186/
Ouelego7712/
Yeligou771/
Elegouh771/
Ojelego771/
Oyelega771/
Iyelega771/
Gelegoi771/
Elega73556/
Eligo7343/
Houelego7148/
Aiyelogo712/
Iyelegha712/
Eallegos711/
Geallego711/
Yellogou711/
Gaellego710/
Yelaga67109/
Oulego6794/
Gelega6771/
Eligoi6770/
Elegha6743/
Yeliga6726/
Elligo6716/
Jelago6711/
Ielago676/
Ileago675/
Ellega674/
Eliogo672/
Geligo672/
Eleaga672/
Jelega671/
Aleigo671/
Jelogo671/
Elgigo671/
Aleago671/
Aouelegou671/
Elegga671/
Aleego671/

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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 Yelego
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