Meifa Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Meifa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Meifa (216) may also be a first name.
Meifa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meifa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meifa is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Meifa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,730,171st most commonly used family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. Meifa occurs mostly in Oceania, where 75 percent of Meifa live; 75 percent live in Oceania Islands and 75 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 614,549th most widely held first name in the world It is held by 216 people.
The surname is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 388,272. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: West Sepik, where 76 percent live, Central, where 14 percent live and Chimbu, where 10 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 14 percent live and Brazil, where 4 percent live.
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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 Meifa
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