Megeya Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Megeya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 23 | 1:354,509 | 47,011 |
| Mauritania | 4 | 1:1,023,716 | 25,172 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Megeya (24) may also be a first name.
Megeya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Megeya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Megeya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻜﻲ, Russian: Мегея) is most common in Papua New Guinea. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Megeya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,665,662nd most commonly occurring surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. This last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 79 percent of Megeya reside; 79 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 79 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,187,323rd most commonly occurring first name globally, borne by 24 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 354,509. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Western, where 78 percent live and Hela, where 22 percent live. Not including Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 14 percent live and Russia, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Megeya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Megeya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻜﻲ | mky | 75 |
| ﻣﻜﻴﻪ | mkyh | 25 |
| Megeya in the Russian language | ||
| Мегея | megea | - |
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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 Megeya
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