Mefa Surname
Approximately 310 people bear this surname
Mefa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 116 | 1:179,044 | 18,906 |
| Indonesia | 99 | 1:1,335,850 | 92,420 |
| Turkey | 58 | 1:1,341,749 | 54,680 |
| Ivory Coast | 11 | 1:2,097,385 | 37,425 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Mefa (1,287) may also be a first name.
Mefa Demographics
Average Mefa Salary in
United States
$34,833 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Mefa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mefa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mefa (Hindi: मेफा, Russian: Мефа) has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mefa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 872,430th most widely held family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 23,508,213 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 44 percent of Mefa live; 39 percent live in Central Africa and 38 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 219,662nd most commonly used first name in the world, held by 1,287 people.
It is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is carried by 116 people, or 1 in 179,044. In Cameroon Mefa is primarily concentrated in: Centre Region, where 46 percent are found, South Region, where 17 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 13 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon Mefa is found in 15 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 32 percent are found and Turkey, where 19 percent are found.
Mefa Last Name Statistics demography
Mefa earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 19.27% less than the national average, earning $34,833 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mefa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mefa in the Hindi language | ||
| मेफा | mepha | - |
| Mefa in the Russian language | ||
| Мефа | mefa | - |
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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 Mefa
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