Guega Surname
Approximately 73 people bear this surname
Guega Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 57 | 1:181,326 | 17,693 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Guega (177) may also be a first name.
Guega Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Guega Come From? nationality or country of origin
Guega (Hindi: गूॅगा) is more commonly found in Benin than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Guega? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,220,661st most widely held family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 99,829,396 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Guega are found; 85 percent are found in West Africa and 81 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 685,598th most frequently held forename at a global level, held by 177 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Benin, where it is carried by 57 people, or 1 in 181,326. In Benin Guega is most common in: Alibori Department, where 86 percent reside and Borgou Department, where 14 percent reside. Aside from Benin Guega exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 8 percent reside and India, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Guega Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Guega in the Hindi language | ||
| गूॅगा | guega | - |
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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 Guega
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