Mesganaw Surname

56,206th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,025 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Mesganaw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mesganaw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia9,0151:10,8201,614
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Mesganaw (5,803) may also be a first name.

Mesganaw Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mesganaw occurs in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mesganaw? popularity and diffusion

The last name Mesganaw is the 56,206th most widely held surname globally, held by around 1 in 807,484 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mesganaw live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Mesganaw is also the 87,555th most prevalent first name throughout the world It is held by 5,803 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Ethiopia, where it is held by 9,015 people, or 1 in 10,820. Besides Ethiopia Mesganaw is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 0 percent are found and Sweden, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Meseganaw941,932/
Mesganawe949/
Msganaw931,449/
Meseganaew891/
Misganaw8837,550/
Mesganew881,449/
Mesganab881/
Miseganaw822,254/
Misiganaw824/
Misgnaw809/
Mesgnew802/
Misganew752,415/
Mseganew751/
Mesagnew751/
Miscanaw751/
Misgenaw751/
Miseganew711/
Masignow631/
Mozganov5035/
Mazganov5027/

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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 Mesganaw
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis