Mesganaw Surname
Approximately 9,025 people bear this surname
Mesganaw Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 9,015 | 1:10,820 | 1,614 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
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 is held by more people in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mesganaw? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 56,206th most frequently used family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 807,484 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mesganaw are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 87,555th most numerous forename worldwide, held by 5,803 people.
The last name Mesganaw is most frequent in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 9,015 people, or 1 in 10,820. Outside of Ethiopia this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 0 percent live and Sweden, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meseganaw | 94 | 1,932 | / |
| Mesganawe | 94 | 9 | / |
| Msganaw | 93 | 1,449 | / |
| Meseganaew | 89 | 1 | / |
| Misganaw | 88 | 37,550 | / |
| Mesganew | 88 | 1,449 | / |
| Mesganab | 88 | 1 | / |
| Miseganaw | 82 | 2,254 | / |
| Misiganaw | 82 | 4 | / |
| Misgnaw | 80 | 9 | / |
| Mesgnew | 80 | 2 | / |
| Misganew | 75 | 2,415 | / |
| Mseganew | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mesagnew | 75 | 1 | / |
| Miscanaw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Misgenaw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Miseganew | 71 | 1 | / |
| Masignow | 63 | 1 | / |
| Mozganov | 50 | 35 | / |
| Mazganov | 50 | 27 | / |
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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
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