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 carried by more people in Namibia than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meeja? popularity and diffusion
The surname Meeja is the 3,141,416th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 74 percent of Meeja live; 67 percent live in Southern Africa and 67 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 910,230th most numerous forename in the world. It is borne by 107 people.
The surname Meeja is most widely held in Namibia, where it is held by 26 people, or 1 in 92,669. In Namibia Meeja is most common in: Khomas Region, where 96 percent live and Hardap Region, where 4 percent live. Barring Namibia it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 15 percent live and Thailand, where 8 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 Meeja
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