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
Megida (Russian: Мегида) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Megida? popularity and diffusion
Megida is the 400,713th most numerous surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 8,309,630 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Megida reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 504,078th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, held by 305 people.
This surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 833 people, or 1 in 212,656. In Nigeria Megida is most frequent in: Kogi, where 31 percent are found, Benue, where 11 percent are found and Lagos, where 8 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria Megida occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 4 percent are found and Qatar, where 1 percent are found.
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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