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
The last name Meapa (Russian: Меапа) is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Meapa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Meapa is the 1,620,164th most frequently held surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 58,770,532 people. This last name is predominantly found in Oceania, where 98 percent of Meapa are found; 98 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 98 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Meapa is also the 1,717,090th most widespread given name worldwide, held by 36 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 121 people, or 1 in 67,386. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: Southern Highlands, where 84 percent live, National Capital District, where 6 percent live and Chimbu, where 4 percent live. Outside of Papua New Guinea it exists in 3 countries. It is also found 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
- 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 Meapa
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