Megeme Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Megeme Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 27 | 1:769,225 | 54,005 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Megeme (214) may also be a first name.
Megeme Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Megeme Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Megeme (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺠﻢ) occurs most in Cameroon. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Megeme click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Megeme? popularity and diffusion
The surname Megeme is the 2,843,861st most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. The last name Megeme is predominantly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Megeme are found; 87 percent are found in West Africa and 40 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 617,781st most prevalent forename on earth. It is borne by 214 people.
It is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 769,225. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Far North Region, where 96 percent live and North Region, where 4 percent live. Not including Cameroon it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 30 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Megeme Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Megeme in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺠﻢ | mjm | - |
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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 Megeme
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