Zegbe Surname
Approximately 1,922 people bear this surname
Zegbe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 1,036 | 1:22,270 | 1,623 |
| DR Congo | 397 | 1:186,095 | 18,831 |
| Morocco | 307 | 1:112,300 | 19,480 |
| Cameroon | 59 | 1:352,018 | 31,532 |
| Nigeria | 54 | 1:3,280,421 | 99,135 |
| Mexico | 44 | 1:2,821,050 | 22,257 |
| Belgium | 13 | 1:884,357 | 69,774 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
The alternate forms: Zegbé (1) are calculated separately.
Zegbe (736) may also be a first name.
Zegbe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zegbe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Zegbe (Russian: Зегбе) occurs more in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Zegbé. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zegbe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 214,101st most common surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 3,791,647 people. Zegbe is mostly found in Africa, where 84 percent of Zegbe are found; 45 percent are found in West Africa and 24 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 303,463rd most commonly occurring first name internationally, held by 736 people.
The surname Zegbe is most frequently used in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 1,036 people, or 1 in 22,270. In The Ivory Coast it is primarily found in: Montagnes District, where 40 percent live, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 22 percent live and Bas-Sassandra District, where 15 percent live. Outside of The Ivory Coast this last name occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 21 percent live and Morocco, where 16 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zegbe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zegbe in the Russian language | ||
| Зегбе | zegbe | - |
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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 Zegbe
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