Meapu Surname
Approximately 38 people bear this surname
Meapu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 34 | 1:239,815 | 32,925 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
Meapu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meapu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meapu is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of Meapu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meapu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,185,033rd most frequently occurring family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. The last name Meapu occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 89 percent of Meapu live; 89 percent live in Oceania Islands and 89 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
The last name Meapu is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 34 people, or 1 in 239,815. In Papua New Guinea Meapu is mostly concentrated in: Southern Highlands, where 74 percent reside, National Capital District, where 21 percent reside and Jiwaka, where 3 percent reside. Excluding Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 11 percent reside.
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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 Meapu
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