Meadan Surname
Approximately 136 people bear this surname
Meadan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 120 | 1:86,130 | 10,095 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
Meadan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meadan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meadan occurs most in Benin. It can also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Meadan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Meadan is the 1,527,735th most widespread surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 53,584,896 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Meadan are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 90 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Meadan is most common in Benin, where it is held by 120 people, or 1 in 86,130. In Benin it is most common in: Kouffo Department, where 91 percent live, Zou Department, where 6 percent live and Borgou Department, where 1 percent live. Not including Benin this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 4 percent live and India, where 3 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 Meadan
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