Megere Surname
Approximately 111 people bear this surname
Megere Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 45 | 1:867,540 | 39,905 |
| Papua New Guinea | 43 | 1:189,621 | 26,314 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Megere (39) may also be a first name.
Megere Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Megere Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Megere (Marathi: मेगेरे) is found in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Megere? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,736,881st most common family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 65,653,567 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 51 percent of Megere live; 44 percent live in East Africa and 39 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,637,361st most numerous first name worldwide, borne by 39 people.
This surname is most frequent in Uganda, where it is borne by 45 people, or 1 in 867,540. In Uganda Megere is mostly found in: Sironko District, where 36 percent live, Kampala District, where 29 percent live and Mbarara District, where 18 percent live. Outside of Uganda this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 39 percent live and India, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Megere Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Megere in the Marathi language | ||
| मेगेरे | megere | - |
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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 Megere
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