Meffa Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Meffa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 25 | 1:830,763 | 57,125 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Meffa (150) may also be a first name.
Meffa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meffa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meffa is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Meffa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,730,171st most widespread family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Meffa live; 89 percent live in Central Africa and 89 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 752,187th most frequent first name globally, held by 150 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 830,763. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 64 percent are found, West Region, where 32 percent are found and Northwest Region, where 4 percent are found. Beside Cameroon this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in France, where 7 percent are found and India, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Meffa
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