Megaya Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Megaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 7 | 1:584,980 | 20,004 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Megaya (12) may also be a first name.
Megaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Megaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Megaya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻜﻲ, Oriya: େମଗାୟ) is more frequently found in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Megaya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,391,485th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. Megaya occurs mostly in Africa, where 85 percent of Megaya reside; 69 percent reside in West Africa and 62 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most prevalent first name at a global level, borne by 12 people.
The surname Megaya is most widely held in Mauritania, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 584,980. In Mauritania it is most numerous in: Inchiri Region, where 14 percent reside, Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 14 percent reside and Tagant Region, where 14 percent reside. Without taking into account Mauritania this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 23 percent reside and England, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Megaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Megaya in the Oriya language | ||
| େମଗାୟ | emagaya | - |
| Megaya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻜﻲ | mky | 75 |
| ﻣﻜﻴﻪ | mkyh | 25 |
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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 Megaya
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