Zegi Surname
Approximately 662 people bear this surname
Zegi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 652 | 1:271,691 | 15,466 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
Zegi (97) may also be a first name.
Zegi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zegi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Zegi (Tibetan: མཛེད་གྱིས) is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zegi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 497,847th most frequently used last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 11,008,378 people. The last name Zegi is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Zegi live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 962,660th most frequently used first name at a global level. It is borne by 97 people.
The last name Zegi is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 652 people, or 1 in 271,691. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Niger, where 62 percent live, Nasarawa, where 13 percent live and Benue, where 12 percent live. Beside Nigeria Zegi exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zegi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zegi in the Tibetan language | ||
| མཛེད་གྱིས | dzégyi | - |
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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 Zegi
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