Mmegwa Surname
Approximately 485 people bear this surname
Mmegwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 441 | 1:401,684 | 21,080 |
| Botswana | 22 | 1:99,406 | 15,343 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Mmegwa (12) may also be a first name.
Mmegwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mmegwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mmegwa occurs most in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mmegwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mmegwa is the 630,290th most common last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,025,868 people. The surname Mmegwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Mmegwa live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequent forename in the world, held by 12 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 441 people, or 1 in 401,684. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Lagos, where 21 percent live, Delta, where 15 percent live and Plateau, where 12 percent live. Not including Nigeria it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 5 percent live and Ghana, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mmegwaa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Megwa | 91 | 470 | / |
| Mmekwa | 83 | 1,358 | / |
| Megwai | 83 | 168 | / |
| Meghwa | 83 | 166 | / |
| Mekgwa | 83 | 44 | / |
| Megwah | 83 | 15 | / |
| Mmagwa | 83 | 11 | / |
| Mmigwa | 83 | 6 | / |
| Mmegwe | 83 | 3 | / |
| Meugwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mmegba | 83 | 1 | / |
| Meagwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Megwad | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mgegcwa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mmekwoa | 77 | 1 | / |
| M'Mekwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Magwa | 73 | 4,890 | / |
| Mekwa | 73 | 1,263 | / |
| Mogwa | 73 | 667 | / |
| Megba | 73 | 604 | / |
| Megwe | 73 | 57 | / |
| Migwa | 73 | 48 | / |
| Megwo | 73 | 35 | / |
| Megua | 73 | 15 | / |
| Megva | 73 | 3 | / |
| Megwi | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mecwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Meangwua | 71 | 8 | / |
| Mmekwuoa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mekgwe | 67 | 4,351 | / |
| Magwai | 67 | 2,223 | / |
| Mmokwa | 67 | 1,302 | / |
| Maigwa | 67 | 982 | / |
| Moekwa | 67 | 511 | / |
| Megvat | 67 | 482 | / |
| Makgwa | 67 | 190 | / |
| Mokgwa | 67 | 161 | / |
| Maggwa | 67 | 159 | / |
| Mekwai | 67 | 141 | / |
| Mogwai | 67 | 140 | / |
| Magway | 67 | 134 | / |
| Mhekwa | 67 | 105 | / |
| Mmekwe | 67 | 86 | / |
| Mekwat | 67 | 65 | / |
| Magwah | 67 | 59 | / |
| Mmakwa | 67 | 42 | / |
| Maekwa | 67 | 28 | / |
| Megwei | 67 | 27 | / |
| Muigwa | 67 | 16 | / |
| Mekwad | 67 | 11 | / |
| Meguea | 67 | 10 | / |
| Mhagwa | 67 | 6 | / |
| Meugua | 67 | 5 | / |
| Megwue | 67 | 3 | / |
| Miegwe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Meegba | 67 | 2 | / |
| Megwoh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Migwaj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mijgwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moghwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Megweh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maghwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maegua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Megwie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meghva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meghua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meykwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meguah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Megwed | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meigua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meskwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meakwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mogway | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meugwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mgicwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mgikwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mgekwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Megwee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Magwau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Megbai | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Mmegwa
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