Mefenya Surname
Approximately 382 people bear this surname
Mefenya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 381 | 1:54,512 | 7,059 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Mefenya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mefenya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mefenya is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mefenya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mefenya is the 751,291st most numerous surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 19,077,345 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mefenya live; 99 percent live in Central Africa and 99 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most common in Cameroon, where it is borne by 381 people, or 1 in 54,512. In Cameroon Mefenya is most common in: Centre Region, where 39 percent live, Littoral Region, where 34 percent live and West Region, where 26 percent live. Aside from Cameroon this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Morocco, where 0 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 Mefenya
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