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) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meiva? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,391,485th most frequently used last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. Meiva occurs predominantly in Africa, where 54 percent of Meiva reside; 54 percent reside in West Africa and 54 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 386,404th most commonly held first name internationally. It is borne by 484 people.
This surname is most numerous in Mauritania, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 584,980. In Mauritania Meiva is primarily found in: Trarza Region, where 86 percent reside and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 14 percent reside. Without taking into account Mauritania this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 15 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 15 percent reside.
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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