Megida Surname
Approximately 877 people bear this surname
Megida Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 833 | 1:212,656 | 12,633 |
| Cameroon | 34 | 1:610,855 | 46,287 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
Megida (305) may also be a first name.
Megida Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Megida Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Megida (Russian: Мегида) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Megida? popularity and diffusion
The last name Megida is the 400,713th most widely held family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 8,309,630 people. The surname Megida is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Megida live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 504,078th most frequent first name in the world, held by 305 people.
The surname Megida is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 833 people, or 1 in 212,656. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Kogi, where 31 percent live, Benue, where 11 percent live and Lagos, where 8 percent live. Besides Nigeria this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 4 percent live and Qatar, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Megida Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Megida in the Russian language | ||
| Мегида | megida | - |
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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 Megida
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