Megbenya Surname

699,651st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 421 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Togo
Highest density in:
Togo

Megbenya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Megbenya Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Togo4201:17,2575,159
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742

Megbenya Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Megbenya Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Megbenya occurs in Togo more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Megbenya click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Megbenya? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 699,651st most common family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 17,310,085 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Megbenya are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most frequently held in Togo, where it is carried by 420 people, or 1 in 17,257. Not including Togo this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Ghana, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Megbenyo881/
Megbegno751/
Megueña677/
Maingbinya671/
Meiguinha591/
Megueño5315/
Meguiña531/
Mikwenha501/
Meguinio501/
Myquenia501/
Miquenia501/
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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Megbenya
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