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 last name Meifa occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Meifa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,730,171st most commonly held surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname Meifa occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 75 percent of Meifa live; 75 percent live in Oceania Islands and 75 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Meifa is also the 614,549th most frequently used first name at a global level, held by 216 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 388,272. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: West Sepik, where 76 percent reside, Central, where 14 percent reside and Chimbu, where 10 percent reside. Apart from Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 14 percent reside and Brazil, where 4 percent reside.
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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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