Megistu Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Megistu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Megistu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia161:6,096,64111,907
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Megistu (925) may also be a first name.

Megistu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Megistu Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Megistu occurs more in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Megistu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Megistu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,649,889th most commonly held last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The surname Megistu occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Megistu reside; 89 percent reside in East Africa and 89 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Megistu is also the 266,220th most widely held forename world-wide. It is borne by 925 people.

The last name is most numerous in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 6,096,641. Without taking into account Ethiopia it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 6 percent reside and The United States, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Maegistu931/
Megestu861/
Misitu77174/
Mesitu771/
Mesetu771/
Megitó771/
Mesitou715/
Megetou711/
Migestu711/
Meseitou671/
Mighitou671/
Mizitu621/
Mizetu621/
Maijitu572/
Mezeteu571/
Medjeteu532/
Moingetu531/
Medjetouh504/

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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 Megistu
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis