Megafu Surname

648,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 467 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Megafu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Megafu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4401:402,59721,119
England141:3,979,861125,553
United States101:36,245,893832,629
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362

Megafu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Megafu Come From? nationality or country of origin

Megafu is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Megafu? popularity and diffusion

The last name Megafu is the 648,005th most frequently occurring family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 15,605,023 people. The surname Megafu occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Megafu are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Megafu is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 440 people, or 1 in 402,597. In Nigeria it is most common in: Anambra, where 72 percent reside, Yobe, where 6 percent reside and Enugu, where 5 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 3 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.

Megafu Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Nigeria.

Megafu earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 58.27% more than the national average, earning $68,292 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Megafeut861/
Magafu833,900/
Mogafu832/
Maghafu772/
Megoufeu711/
Mogofu6733/
Magofu671/
Meghofeut671/
Makgefu626/
Magaphu625/
Mogofhu621/
Migouffou531/

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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 Megafu
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