Meien Surname
Approximately 133 people bear this surname
Meien Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 125 | 1:1,022,754 | 20,291 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Meien (174) may also be a first name.
Meien Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meien Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meien is more commonly found in Japan than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of Meien click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meien? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,551,568th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 54,793,578 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 94 percent of Meien live; 94 percent live in East Asia and 94 percent live in Nippono-Asia. Meien is also the 692,220th most common first name worldwide, held by 174 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Japan, where it is held by 125 people, or 1 in 1,022,754. In Japan Meien is primarily concentrated in: Hokkaido Prefecture, where 54 percent live, Toyama Prefecture, where 26 percent live and Ishikawa Prefecture, where 17 percent live. Barring Japan it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 3 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.
Meien Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Meien has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name decreased 57 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Meien
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