Megain Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Megain Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 24 | 1:865,378 | 58,754 |
| France | 11 | 1:6,038,429 | 280,838 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Megain (24) may also be a first name.
Megain Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Megain Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Megain occurs most in Cameroon. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of Megain click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Megain? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,274,477th most frequent surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 67 percent of Megain live; 64 percent live in Central Africa and 64 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Megain is also the 2,187,323rd most widely held forename on earth. It is borne by 24 people.
Megain is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 865,378. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Littoral Region, where 83 percent are found, West Region, where 8 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 4 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in France, where 31 percent are found and India, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Megain
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