Meiga Surname
Approximately 432 people bear this surname
Meiga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 177 | 1:1,209,460 | 41,744 |
| Japan | 102 | 1:1,253,375 | 22,413 |
| Mauritania | 60 | 1:68,248 | 4,675 |
| Indonesia | 42 | 1:3,148,790 | 173,812 |
| Senegal | 14 | 1:1,041,382 | 3,211 |
| Burkina Faso | 8 | 1:2,294,012 | 16,398 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
Meiga (886) may also be a first name.
Meiga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meiga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meiga (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻴﻜﺎ, Hindi: मेईगा) is most common in Brazil. It can also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Meiga? popularity and diffusion
It is the 686,443rd most widely held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 16,869,319 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 42 percent of Meiga reside; 41 percent reside in South America and 41 percent reside in Luso-South America. It is also the 273,104th most frequent first name at a global level It is held by 886 people.
The last name Meiga is most widely held in Brazil, where it is held by 177 people, or 1 in 1,209,460. In Brazil Meiga is primarily concentrated in: Rio de Janeiro, where 33 percent are found, Paraná, where 31 percent are found and São Paulo, where 22 percent are found. Not including Brazil this surname is found in 22 countries. It is also common in Japan, where 24 percent are found and Mauritania, where 14 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meiga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meiga in the Hindi language | ||
| मेईगा | me'iga | - |
| Meiga in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻴﻜﺎ | myka | 37.5 |
| ﻣﺎﻳﻘﺎ | mayqa | 16.67 |
| ﻣﻴﺠﻪ | myjh | 12.5 |
| ﻣﻴﻚ | myk | 12.5 |
| ﻣﻴﻜﻪ | mykh | 8.33 |
| ﻣﻴﻘﺎ | myqa | 4.17 |
| ﻣﺎﻳﻜﺎ | mayka | 4.17 |
| ﻣﺎﻳﻚ | mayk | 4.17 |
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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 Meiga
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