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 surname Meeja is found most frequently in Namibia. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Meeja? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,141,416th most widely held last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 74 percent of Meeja are found; 67 percent are found in Southern Africa and 67 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Meeja is also the 910,230th most frequently held forename globally, held by 107 people.
The last name Meeja is most frequently held in Namibia, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 92,669. In Namibia it is most frequent in: Khomas Region, where 96 percent are found and Hardap Region, where 4 percent are found. Outside of Namibia Meeja occurs 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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