Meawe Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Meawe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Meawe (11) may also be a first name.
Meawe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meawe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meawe occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Meawe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,532,898th most commonly held family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 84 percent of Meawe reside; 84 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 84 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Meawe is also the 3,487,849th most prevalent first name internationally, borne by 11 people.
The last name Meawe is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 509,607. In Papua New Guinea Meawe is primarily concentrated in: East Sepik, where 63 percent live, Southern Highlands, where 25 percent live and Jiwaka, where 6 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 5 percent live and The Ivory Coast, 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 Meawe
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