Megwa Surname
Approximately 470 people bear this surname
Megwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 367 | 1:482,678 | 24,238 |
| United States | 50 | 1:7,249,179 | 331,838 |
| England | 23 | 1:2,422,524 | 89,093 |
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| Pakistan | 8 | 1:22,330,486 | 77,733 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Megwa (15) may also be a first name.
Megwa Demographics
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Megwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Megwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Megwa is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Megwa? popularity and diffusion
Megwa is the 645,032nd most widespread family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 15,505,417 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 81 percent of Megwa reside; 79 percent reside in West Africa and 78 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Megwa is also the 2,900,335th most common first name world-wide It is held by 15 people.
This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 367 people, or 1 in 482,678. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 25 percent are found, Rivers, where 13 percent are found and Enugu, where 12 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria it occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 11 percent are found and England, where 5 percent are found.
Megwa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Megwa last name are 28.59% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 81.82% registered to vote for the political party.
Megwa earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 10.09% less than the national average, earning $38,795 USD per year.
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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 Megwa
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