Meigen Surname
Approximately 150 people bear this surname
Meigen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 94 | 1:1,360,046 | 23,299 |
| Germany | 53 | 1:1,518,971 | 91,373 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Meigen (17,456) may also be a first name.
Meigen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meigen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meigen (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻴﺠﻦ) is carried by more people in Japan than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of Meigen click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meigen? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,434,893rd most widely held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 48,583,639 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 63 percent of Meigen are found; 63 percent are found in East Asia and 63 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. Meigen is also the 41,727th most commonly used first name worldwide, borne by 17,456 people.
The surname is most common in Japan, where it is held by 94 people, or 1 in 1,360,046. In Japan it is mostly concentrated in: Osaka Prefecture, where 99 percent are found and Tochigi Prefecture, where 1 percent are found. Not including Japan this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 35 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meigen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meigen in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﻴﺠﻦ | amyjn | - |
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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 Meigen
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