Meguissa Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Meguissa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 22 | 1:944,049 | 61,779 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
Meguissa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meguissa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meguissa is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meguissa? popularity and diffusion
Meguissa is the 3,798,600th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname Meguissa is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Meguissa are found; 81 percent are found in Central Africa and 41 percent are found in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa.
The last name Meguissa is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 944,049. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: East Region, where 100 percent are found. Barring Cameroon this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Algeria, where 19 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meguissah | 94 | 1 | / |
| Meguessa | 88 | 98 | / |
| Megisa | 86 | 3 | / |
| Meguiso | 80 | 656 | / |
| Megoisa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Meggisa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Meghisah | 75 | 9 | / |
| Meguetsa | 75 | 3 | / |
| Miguessa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Migisa | 71 | 77 | / |
| Megiso | 71 | 19 | / |
| Megiza | 71 | 3 | / |
| Megesa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Maighissa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Megouesso | 71 | 1 | / |
| Meiguicha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Migisha | 67 | 455 | / |
| Meguizo | 67 | 216 | / |
| Mekuiza | 67 | 28 | / |
| Mequiso | 67 | 15 | / |
| Meguidtsey | 67 | 9 | / |
| Megesha | 67 | 7 | / |
| Mighisa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Muigisa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Miguiso | 67 | 4 | / |
| Megueso | 67 | 3 | / |
| Migitsa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Megesaa | 67 | 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
- 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 Meguissa
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