Zegeya Surname
Approximately 59 people bear this surname
Zegeya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 58 | 1:3,054,185 | 94,504 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Zegeya (19) may also be a first name.
Zegeya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zegeya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zegeya is found most in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zegeya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,506,728th most commonly used last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 123,517,727 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Zegeya live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most common first name in the world, borne by 19 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 58 people, or 1 in 3,054,185. In Nigeria Zegeya is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 100 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Ethiopia, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Zegeya
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