Meiji Surname
Approximately 341 people bear this surname
Meiji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 195 | 1:655,612 | 16,510 |
| Iran | 91 | 1:843,764 | 41,424 |
| Indonesia | 33 | 1:4,007,551 | 204,828 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
Meiji (9,821) may also be a first name.
Meiji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meiji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meiji (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻴﺠﻲ, Hindi: मेईजी) occurs most in Japan. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meiji? popularity and diffusion
Meiji is the 816,514th most common surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 21,371,102 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Meiji live; 57 percent live in East Asia and 57 percent live in Nippono-Asia. Meiji is also the 61,999th most commonly occurring first name globally. It is borne by 9,821 people.
This last name is most common in Japan, where it is borne by 195 people, or 1 in 655,612. In Japan Meiji is primarily concentrated in: Osaka Prefecture, where 34 percent are found, Miyazaki Prefecture, where 14 percent are found and Wakayama Prefecture, where 14 percent are found. Without taking into account Japan it exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 27 percent are found and Indonesia, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meiji Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meiji in the Hindi language | ||
| मेईजी | me'iji | - |
| Meiji in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﻴﺠﻲ | amyjy | 50 |
| ﺍﻣﻴﺞ | amyj | 50 |
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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 Meiji
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