Zhegan Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Zhegan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 8 | 1:18,015,382 | 436,635 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Zhegan (40) may also be a first name.
Zhegan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zhegan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Zhegan (Russian: Жеган) occurs most in Russia. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zhegan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,812,366th most frequent last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 64 percent of Zhegan reside; 64 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 64 percent reside in East Slavic Europe. Zhegan is also the 1,614,485th most common forename at a global level, held by 40 people.
The last name is most numerous in Russia, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 18,015,382. In Russia it is mostly concentrated in: Samara Oblast, where 50 percent reside, Bryansk Oblast, where 13 percent reside and Moscow, where 13 percent reside. Apart from Russia this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 18 percent reside and Canada, where 9 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zhegan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zhegan in the Russian language | ||
| Жеган | zegan | - |
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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 Zhegan
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