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) is more commonly found in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Megueya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,380,086th most common family name internationally, held by around 1 in 45,833,622 people. The surname Megueya occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Megueya live; 81 percent live in West Africa and 81 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
This last name is most common 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 are found, Adrar Region, where 22 percent are found and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 13 percent are found. Apart from Mauritania Megueya is found in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 19 percent are found.
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
- 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 Megueya
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