Meiken Surname
Approximately 116 people bear this surname
Meiken Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 83 | 1:1,540,293 | 24,672 |
| Brazil | 29 | 1:7,381,874 | 170,034 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Meiken (209) may also be a first name.
Meiken Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meiken Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meiken is held by more people in Japan than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meiken? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,691,963rd most prevalent surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 62,823,672 people. The surname Meiken occurs mostly in Asia, where 72 percent of Meiken reside; 72 percent reside in East Asia and 72 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. Meiken is also the 625,736th most commonly held first name at a global level. It is borne by 209 people.
Meiken is most commonly used in Japan, where it is borne by 83 people, or 1 in 1,540,293. In Japan it is primarily found in: Fukuoka Prefecture, where 43 percent are found, Kyoto Prefecture, where 29 percent are found and Wakayama Prefecture, where 25 percent are found. Other than Japan Meiken occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 25 percent are found and Cameroon, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Meiken
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