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
Mefenya has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Mefenya.
How Common Is The Last Name Mefenya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 751,291st most frequently used surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 19,077,345 people. Mefenya is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mefenya reside; 99 percent reside in Central Africa and 99 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 381 people, or 1 in 54,512. In Cameroon Mefenya is mostly found in: Centre Region, where 39 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 34 percent reside and West Region, where 26 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Morocco, where 0 percent reside.
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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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