Megwai Surname
Approximately 168 people bear this surname
Megwai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 165 | 1:1,073,592 | 44,679 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Megwai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Megwai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Megwai is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Megwai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,333,288th most frequently used surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 43,378,250 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Megwai are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 165 people, or 1 in 1,073,592. In Nigeria Megwai is most prevalent in: Delta, where 48 percent live, Lagos, where 25 percent live and Edo, where 13 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent live and Sweden, where 1 percent live.
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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 Megwai
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