Megaye Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Megaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
Megaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Megaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Megaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻜﻴﻪ) is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Megaye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Megaye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Megaye is the 8,968,613th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Megaye reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Chadic Africa.
The last name is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon Megaye is mostly concentrated in: Far North Region, where 100 percent live. Beside Cameroon Megaye exists in one country. It is also found in Mauritania, where 50 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Megaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Megaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻜﻴﻪ | mkyh | 50 |
| ﻣﻜﻲ | mky | 50 |
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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 Megaye
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