Meiteh Surname
Approximately 31 people bear this surname
Meiteh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 28 | 1:6,326,527 | 151,186 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Meiteh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meiteh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meiteh is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Meiteh? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,543,123rd most frequent surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Meiteh live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Meiteh is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 28 people, or 1 in 6,326,527. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Delta, where 57 percent reside and Ekiti, where 43 percent reside. Barring Nigeria Meiteh exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 6 percent reside and Indonesia, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Meiteh
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