Megueya Surname
Approximately 159 people bear this surname
Megueya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 128 | 1:31,991 | 2,614 |
| Cameroon | 31 | 1:669,970 | 49,334 |
Megueya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Megueya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Megueya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻜﻴﻪ) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Megueya? popularity and diffusion
Megueya is the 1,380,086th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 45,833,622 people. Megueya is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Megueya live; 81 percent live in West Africa and 81 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
Megueya is most commonly held in Mauritania, where it is borne by 128 people, or 1 in 31,991. In Mauritania it is primarily concentrated in: Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 36 percent live, Adrar Region, where 22 percent live and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 13 percent live. Besides Mauritania this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 19 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Megueya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Megueya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻜﻴﻪ | mkyh | 73.68 |
| ﻣﻜﻲ | mky | 26.32 |
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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 Megueya
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