Meidawa Surname
Approximately 94 people bear this surname
Meidawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 88 | 1:117,450 | 12,976 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
The alternate forms: Meïdawa (19) & Meîdawa (1) are calculated separately.
Meidawa (21) may also be a first name.
Meidawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meidawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Meidawa has its highest incidence in Benin. It can also be found as: Meïdawa or Meîdawa. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meidawa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Meidawa is the 1,918,812th most frequently occurring surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 77,527,084 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Meidawa reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Meidawa is also the 2,368,944th most frequent first name worldwide, held by 21 people.
Meidawa is most frequently used in Benin, where it is borne by 88 people, or 1 in 117,450. In Benin it is most frequent in: Alibori Department, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Benin this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 5 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 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 Meidawa
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