Meeuw Surname

1,104,724th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 221 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Belgium

Meeuw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Meeuw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1101:731,86855,248
Belgium971:118,52217,481
Netherlands91:1,876,35385,467
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Meeuw (84) may also be a first name.

Meeuw Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Meeuw Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Meeuw is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Meeuw? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,104,724th most commonly used last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 32,975,321 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 98 percent of Meeuw live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Germanic Europe. Meeuw is also the 1,046,220th most frequently held first name worldwide, held by 84 people.

Meeuw is most prevalent in Germany, where it is borne by 110 people, or 1 in 731,868. In Germany Meeuw is mostly concentrated in: Lower Saxony, where 68 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 17 percent reside and Berlin, where 14 percent reside. Excluding Germany it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 44 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Meeuws911,225/
Meeuwe911/
Meeuwfe832/
Meeuwss831/
Meeuf808/
Meeow805/
Meejub731/
Meeyub731/
Meeoww731/
Mahieuw6785/
Meow6766/
Miuw676/
Myuw674/
Mjuw671/

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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 Meeuw
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