Meapa Surname
Approximately 124 people bear this surname
Meapa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 121 | 1:67,386 | 8,792 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Meapa (36) may also be a first name.
Meapa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meapa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Meapa (Russian: Меапа) is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meapa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,620,164th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 58,770,532 people. Meapa occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 98 percent of Meapa reside; 98 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 98 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,717,090th most commonly occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 36 people.
This surname is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 121 people, or 1 in 67,386. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: Southern Highlands, where 84 percent live, National Capital District, where 6 percent live and Chimbu, where 4 percent live. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 1 percent live and Russia, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meapa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meapa in the Russian language | ||
| Меапа | meapa | - |
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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 Meapa
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