Meija Surname
Approximately 917 people bear this surname
Meija Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 507 | 1:4,043 | 553 |
| United States | 146 | 1:2,482,595 | 151,840 |
| Mauritania | 77 | 1:53,180 | 3,841 |
| Argentina | 68 | 1:628,580 | 44,177 |
| Papua New Guinea | 44 | 1:185,312 | 25,733 |
| Australia | 14 | 1:1,928,264 | 88,951 |
| Canada | 12 | 1:3,070,466 | 169,836 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
Meija (925) may also be a first name.
Meija Demographics
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Meija Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meija Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meija (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻴﺠﻪ) is found most frequently in Latvia. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Meija? popularity and diffusion
Meija is the 387,068th most commonly occurring last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 7,947,160 people. The surname Meija is predominantly found in Europe, where 58 percent of Meija are found; 57 percent are found in Northern Europe and 55 percent are found in Baltic Europe. It is also the 266,220th most numerous first name at a global level. It is borne by 925 people.
The last name is most widespread in Latvia, where it is carried by 507 people, or 1 in 4,043. In Latvia Meija is most frequent in: Riga Planning Region, where 57 percent are found, Kurzeme Planning Region, where 17 percent are found and Latgale, where 15 percent are found. Outside of Latvia this surname is found in 27 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 16 percent are found and Mauritania, where 8 percent are found.
Meija Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Meija last name are 34.27% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 87.5% registered with the political party.
The amount Meija earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 25.54% less than the national average, earning $32,130 USD per year and in Canada they earn 25.09% less than the national average, earning $37,218 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meija Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meija in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻴﺠﻪ | myjh | 73.17 |
| ﻣﻴﺞ | myj | 17.07 |
| ﻣﻴﺠﺔ | myjt | 2.44 |
| ﺍﻣﻴﺠﻪ | amyjh | 2.44 |
| ﺍﻣﻴﺞ | amyj | 2.03 |
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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 Meija
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