Megai Surname
Approximately 100 people bear this surname
Megai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 53 | 1:3,342,316 | 100,395 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Israel | 7 | 1:1,222,519 | 68,299 |
| Liberia | 7 | 1:629,791 | 27,063 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
Megai (110) may also be a first name.
Megai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Megai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Megai (Hindi: मेगई, Oriya: େମଗାଇ) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Megai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Megai is the 1,849,867th most widely held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 72,875,459 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 61 percent of Megai reside; 61 percent reside in West Africa and 54 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Megai is also the 895,203rd most frequently occurring given name worldwide. It is borne by 110 people.
The last name Megai is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 53 people, or 1 in 3,342,316. In Nigeria Megai is mostly found in: Delta, where 30 percent live, Oyo, where 30 percent live and Lagos, where 19 percent live. Apart from Nigeria Megai exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 16 percent live and Israel, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Megai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Megai in the Hindi language | ||
| मेगई | mega'i | - |
| Megai in the Oriya language | ||
| େମଗାଇ | emaga'i | - |
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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 Megai
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