Megwo Surname

3,323,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Megwo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Megwo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon191:1,093,10967,608
Nigeria161:11,071,422210,388

Megwo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Megwo Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Megwo is most common in Cameroon. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Megwo.

How Common Is The Last Name Megwo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,323,005th most commonly held family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 208,215,598 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Megwo are found; 54 percent are found in Central Africa and 54 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.

The surname Megwo is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 1,093,109. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 84 percent are found, West Region, where 11 percent are found and Northwest Region, where 5 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon it is found in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 46 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Megwoh912/
Meugwo911/
Megwood830/
Megwa80470/
Megbo8065/
Meguo8048/
Mogwo8026/
Magwo807/
Migwo801/
Mekwo801/
Mmegwa73485/
Meghwa73166/
Meagbo7345/
Mekgwa7344/
Megbuo7317/
Meiguo7316/
Megwah7315/
Magwoi7315/
Meghuo734/
Meguou731/
Maghwo731/
Megwad731/
Mejguo731/
Mekwuo731/
Megbou731/
Meagwa731/
Maigwo731/
Meugwa731/
Megouha678/
Mgegcwa672/
Mmegwaa671/
Mmekwoa671/
Mmeagbo671/
Megouho671/

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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 Megwo
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