Megba Surname
Approximately 604 people bear this surname
Megba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 581 | 1:304,893 | 16,978 |
| Benin | 8 | 1:1,291,950 | 54,095 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Megba (45) may also be a first name.
Megba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Megba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Megba is found most in Nigeria. It can also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Megba.
How Common Is The Last Name Megba? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 534,162nd most commonly held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 12,065,473 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Megba live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Megba is also the 1,504,468th most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 45 people.
This last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 581 people, or 1 in 304,893. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Ondo, where 78 percent live, Lagos, where 17 percent live and Akwa Ibom, where 2 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 1 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Megbas | 91 | 2,697 | / |
| Miegba | 91 | 20 | / |
| Megbah | 91 | 5 | / |
| Meegba | 91 | 2 | / |
| Megbai | 91 | 1 | / |
| Mmegba | 91 | 1 | / |
| Megbaya | 83 | 1 | / |
| Meagbay | 83 | 1 | / |
| Magba | 80 | 2,131 | / |
| Megwa | 80 | 470 | / |
| Megbe | 80 | 461 | / |
| Mogba | 80 | 383 | / |
| Megbo | 80 | 65 | / |
| Megua | 80 | 15 | / |
| Megby | 80 | 12 | / |
| Migba | 80 | 7 | / |
| Megbi | 80 | 4 | / |
| Megva | 80 | 3 | / |
| Mmegwa | 73 | 485 | / |
| Megvat | 73 | 482 | / |
| Megwai | 73 | 168 | / |
| Meghwa | 73 | 166 | / |
| Mogbai | 73 | 58 | / |
| Meagbo | 73 | 45 | / |
| Mekgwa | 73 | 44 | / |
| Magbay | 73 | 42 | / |
| Magbai | 73 | 36 | / |
| Mogbay | 73 | 34 | / |
| Magbau | 73 | 27 | / |
| Megbuo | 73 | 17 | / |
| Megwah | 73 | 15 | / |
| Meguea | 73 | 10 | / |
| Magbah | 73 | 9 | / |
| Megbet | 73 | 6 | / |
| Meugua | 73 | 5 | / |
| Maagba | 73 | 4 | / |
| Megber | 73 | 3 | / |
| Meigbe | 73 | 3 | / |
| Mahgba | 73 | 2 | / |
| Makgba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Megwad | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mogbau | 73 | 1 | / |
| Maygba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mogbah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Migbay | 73 | 1 | / |
| Meghbi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Megbee | 73 | 1 | / |
| Meagwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Megbou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Meugwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Miegbe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Meigua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Migbha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Meguah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Meghva | 73 | 1 | / |
| Meghua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Maigbay | 67 | 29 | / |
| Miegbou | 67 | 20 | / |
| Meghvat | 67 | 12 | / |
| Meegbeh | 67 | 9 | / |
| Megouha | 67 | 8 | / |
| Meaguad | 67 | 7 | / |
| Maghbay | 67 | 6 | / |
| Mahgbay | 67 | 6 | / |
| Meguaiz | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mgegcwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Meangbo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Magbaha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mmeagbo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meegbes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mesgboo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mmegwaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maingba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mahgbai | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Megba
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