Yelegon Surname
Approximately 111 people bear this surname
Yelegon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 109 | 1:40,445 | 3,721 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
Yelegon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yelegon Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yelegon is borne by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of Yelegon click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yelegon? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,736,881st most widespread last name globally, held by around 1 in 65,653,567 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Yelegon reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.
This surname is most prevalent in Liberia, where it is held by 109 people, or 1 in 40,445. In Liberia it is most frequent in: Nimba County, where 53 percent reside, Montserrado County, where 31 percent reside and Margibi County, where 16 percent reside. Outside of Liberia this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Sweden, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elegon | 92 | 57 | / |
| Yelegan | 86 | 2 | / |
| Gelegon | 86 | 1 | / |
| Yelogon | 86 | 1 | / |
| Jelegon | 86 | 1 | / |
| Eligon | 77 | 455 | / |
| Elegan | 77 | 93 | / |
| Elegun | 77 | 48 | / |
| Aiyelegan | 75 | 14 | / |
| Ayielegun | 75 | 3 | / |
| Iyelegane | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ellegan | 71 | 67 | / |
| Gelegan | 71 | 36 | / |
| Eleghan | 71 | 22 | / |
| Elligon | 71 | 12 | / |
| Eleigun | 71 | 5 | / |
| Yelagan | 71 | 2 | / |
| Yelogan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gellegan | 67 | 268 | / |
| Oyalegan | 67 | 140 | / |
| Jellegan | 67 | 60 | / |
| Ayilegan | 67 | 31 | / |
| Ijelegun | 67 | 3 | / |
| Yelighan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ijilegon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Heilegan | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Yelegon
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