Meaia Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Meaia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Meaia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meaia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meaia occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Meaia.
How Common Is The Last Name Meaia? popularity and diffusion
The last name Meaia is the 4,307,654th most frequently occurring family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. Meaia occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 95 percent of Meaia live; 95 percent live in Oceania Islands and 95 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
The surname is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 407,686. In Papua New Guinea Meaia is most frequent in: Gulf, where 65 percent live and National Capital District, where 35 percent live. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea it occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 5 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 Meaia
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