Mayega Surname
Approximately 3,897 people bear this surname
Mayega Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 2,018 | 1:19,346 | 2,878 |
| Tanzania | 1,187 | 1:44,601 | 5,053 |
| Cameroon | 339 | 1:61,266 | 7,839 |
| Kenya | 243 | 1:190,041 | 14,136 |
| Chile | 64 | 1:275,257 | 8,123 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Mayega (188) may also be a first name.
Mayega Demographics
Mayega Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mayega Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mayega Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mayega (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺎﻳﻜﺎ, Hindi: मायेगा) occurs most in Uganda. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Mayega.
How Common Is The Last Name Mayega? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mayega is the 118,025th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,870,040 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Mayega reside; 89 percent reside in East Africa and 84 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 663,277th most widely held forename at a global level. It is borne by 188 people.
Mayega is most widely held in Uganda, where it is carried by 2,018 people, or 1 in 19,346. In Uganda Mayega is primarily found in: Wakiso District, where 24 percent are found, Kampala District, where 17 percent are found and Mukono District, where 12 percent are found. Other than Uganda this surname exists in 22 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 30 percent are found and Cameroon, where 9 percent are found.
Mayega Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Mayega earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 38.39% less than the national average, earning $26,583 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mayega Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mayega in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺎﻳﻜﺎ | mayka | - |
| Mayega in the Hindi language | ||
| मायेगा | mayega | - |
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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 Mayega
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