Meiva Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Meiva Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 7 | 1:584,980 | 20,004 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Meiva (484) may also be a first name.
Meiva Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meiva Come From? nationality or country of origin
Meiva (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻴﻔﻪ) is more frequently found in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Meiva click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meiva? popularity and diffusion
The surname Meiva is the 5,391,485th most frequently used family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name Meiva occurs predominantly in Africa, where 54 percent of Meiva are found; 54 percent are found in West Africa and 54 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 386,404th most widespread forename in the world, borne by 484 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Mauritania, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 584,980. In Mauritania Meiva is most numerous in: Trarza Region, where 86 percent live and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account Mauritania Meiva is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 15 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 15 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meiva Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meiva in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻴﻔﻪ | myfh | - |
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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 Meiva
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