Mehua Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Mehua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mehua Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426

Mehua (12) may also be a first name.

Mehua Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mehua Come From? nationality or country of origin

Mehua (Hindi: मेहुआ, Marathi: मेहुआ) is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Mehua click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mehua? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 6,723,624th most widely held surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. It occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 63 percent of Mehua reside; 63 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 63 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 3,306,491st most commonly occurring forename throughout the world. It is borne by 12 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 1,630,743. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Eastern Highlands, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 25 percent are found and Indonesia, where 13 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mehoua9154/
Mehaua911/
Mehiua911/
Mehouas83344/
Mehouat834/
Meuhoua832/
Mehouad832/
Mehouaz831/
Meoua808/
Mehuo801/
Mehehoua771/
Mahoua734,550/
Mehouo73374/
Mihuța7359/
Meyoua7327/
Mohoua7315/
Maohua738/
Meaoua731/
Meouas731/
Meouad731/
Mejiua731/
Meiyua731/
Mehouho67185/
Mahaoua6786/
Mehauod6782/
Miua6752/
Meyuhas6738/
Miahoua677/
Mejouad673/
Mahouha672/
Mejuhas672/
Méhouas672/
Meuhouo671/
Mieuheu671/
Mehouou671/
Muhiuha671/
Mihouai671/
Muioeha671/
Muhyuai671/

Mehua Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Mehua in the Hindi language
मेहुआmehu'a-
Mehua in the Marathi language
मेहुआmehu'a-

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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 Mehua
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