Meinau Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Meinau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Meinau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meinau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meinau is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Meinau.
How Common Is The Last Name Meinau? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,213,395th most commonly occurring surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name Meinau is primarily found in Oceania, where 79 percent of Meinau are found; 79 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 79 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.
Meinau is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 741,247. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: West Sepik, where 100 percent live. Besides Papua New Guinea Meinau exists in 2 countries. It is also found in France, where 14 percent live and Canada, where 7 percent live.
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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 Meinau
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