Yelegue Surname
Approximately 632 people bear this surname
Yelegue Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 630 | 1:11,504 | 2,968 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
Yelegue (29) may also be a first name.
Yelegue Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yelegue Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yelegue is held by more people in Togo than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yelegue? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yelegue is the 515,938th most widely held family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 11,530,927 people. Yelegue occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yelegue live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,951,561st most commonly held first name globally It is held by 29 people.
This surname is most common in Togo, where it is borne by 630 people, or 1 in 11,504. Not including Togo it is found in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yetlegue | 93 | 1 | / |
| Ellegue | 86 | 24 | / |
| Jelegue | 86 | 2 | / |
| Eleggue | 86 | 1 | / |
| Yeligue | 86 | 1 | / |
| Yelegui | 86 | 1 | / |
| Yelekoue | 80 | 1 | / |
| Elecue | 77 | 23 | / |
| Yeleke | 77 | 6 | / |
| Elegwe | 77 | 2 | / |
| Yelleg | 77 | 1 | / |
| Eleg | 73 | 27 | / |
| Eleigwe | 71 | 43 | / |
| Elligue | 71 | 7 | / |
| Jelegbe | 71 | 3 | / |
| Yeleheg | 71 | 1 | / |
| Elegwei | 71 | 1 | / |
| Yeligua | 71 | 1 | / |
| Eluigue | 71 | 1 | / |
| Yelek | 67 | 1,222 | / |
| Geleg | 67 | 321 | / |
| Yelec | 67 | 40 | / |
| Elligque | 67 | 9 | / |
| Elegh | 67 | 9 | / |
| Elheg | 67 | 6 | / |
| Oiyeleke | 67 | 4 | / |
| Aiyeleke | 67 | 4 | / |
| Yeleikeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Elleg | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yelig | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Yelegue
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