Mefe Surname
Approximately 346 people bear this surname
Mefe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 270 | 1:76,922 | 9,480 |
| Nigeria | 57 | 1:3,107,768 | 95,628 |
| Gabon | 9 | 1:209,910 | 2,378 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
Mefe (64) may also be a first name.
Mefe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mefe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mefe (Russian: Мефе) is found most in Cameroon. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mefe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 807,857th most widespread family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 21,062,271 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Mefe reside; 78 percent reside in Central Africa and 63 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,223,525th most commonly held first name world-wide. It is borne by 64 people.
It is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is held by 270 people, or 1 in 76,922. In Cameroon Mefe is mostly found in: Littoral Region, where 44 percent reside, South Region, where 18 percent reside and Centre Region, where 18 percent reside. Besides Cameroon this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 16 percent reside and Gabon, where 3 percent reside.
Mefe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Mefe has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Mefe surname decreased 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mefe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mefe in the Russian language | ||
| Мефе | mefe | - |
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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 Mefe
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