Meeja Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Meeja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 26 | 1:92,669 | 8,353 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Meeja (107) may also be a first name.
Meeja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meeja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meeja is found in Namibia more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Meeja.
How Common Is The Last Name Meeja? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,141,416th most frequently held last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. The surname Meeja occurs mostly in Africa, where 74 percent of Meeja reside; 67 percent reside in Southern Africa and 67 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Meeja is also the 910,230th most commonly used forename throughout the world It is held by 107 people.
It is most commonly held in Namibia, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 92,669. In Namibia Meeja is primarily found in: Khomas Region, where 96 percent are found and Hardap Region, where 4 percent are found. Outside of Namibia it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 15 percent are found and Thailand, where 8 percent are found.
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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 Meeja
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