Medewa Surname
Approximately 37 people bear this surname
Medewa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 31 | 1:669,970 | 49,334 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
The alternate forms: Médéwa (1) are calculated separately.
Medewa (558) may also be a first name.
Medewa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Medewa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Medewa is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may appear as: Médéwa. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Medewa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Medewa is the 3,228,735th most frequently occurring surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 196,960,700 people. The last name Medewa is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Medewa are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 59 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 356,054th most prevalent first name worldwide It is held by 558 people.
The last name is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is carried by 31 people, or 1 in 669,970. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Far North Region, where 71 percent live, North Region, where 23 percent live and Littoral Region, where 3 percent live. Aside from Cameroon this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 11 percent live and Egypt, where 3 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
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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 Medewa
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