Megnigan Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Megnigan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 13 | 1:795,046 | 42,452 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Megnigan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Megnigan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Megnigan is more commonly found in Benin than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Megnigan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,213,395th most widespread family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name Megnigan is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Megnigan live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 795,046. In Benin Megnigan is mostly concentrated in: Zou Department, where 77 percent reside, Kouffo Department, where 15 percent reside and Atlantique Department, where 8 percent reside. Excluding Benin it is found in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Megnigang | 94 | 28 | / |
| Menigan | 93 | 7 | / |
| Menighan | 88 | 55 | / |
| Megnigam | 88 | 35 | / |
| Menigand | 88 | 2 | / |
| Magnigan | 88 | 0 | / |
| Mignigand | 82 | 1 | / |
| Minigan | 80 | 92 | / |
| Menegan | 80 | 91 | / |
| Menigon | 80 | 59 | / |
| Menigam | 80 | 6 | / |
| Mignigandd | 78 | 1 | / |
| Meesnighan | 78 | 0 | / |
| Menegain | 75 | 59 | / |
| Menegang | 75 | 12 | / |
| Megnigom | 75 | 7 | / |
| Mainigan | 75 | 4 | / |
| Minighan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Moynigan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Minigane | 75 | 1 | / |
| Megnegam | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mineigan | 75 | 0 | / |
| Miniegan | 75 | 0 | / |
| Megnigoum | 71 | 2 | / |
| Moynighan | 71 | 0 | / |
| Minigam | 67 | 6 | / |
| Minigon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Menigom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ménigon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Menegam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Minegan | 67 | 0 | / |
| Meneghan | 63 | 20 | / |
| Mineghan | 63 | 0 | / |
| Meeneghan | 59 | 107 | / |
| Megnegoum | 59 | 1 | / |
| Menegon | 53 | 6,270 | / |
| Menegón | 53 | 1 | / |
| Minegon | 53 | 1 | / |
| Menegone | 50 | 22 | / |
| Meneghon | 50 | 3 | / |
| Menegoun | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Megnigan
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