Meiwai Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Meiwai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 19 | 1:429,143 | 55,452 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Meiwai (14) may also be a first name.
Meiwai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meiwai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meiwai is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Meiwai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meiwai? popularity and diffusion
Meiwai is the 4,427,875th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname Meiwai occurs mostly in Oceania, where 95 percent of Meiwai are found; 95 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 95 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 3,024,661st most frequently used first name on earth, held by 14 people.
Meiwai is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 429,143. In Papua New Guinea Meiwai is mostly found in: West Sepik, where 100 percent reside. Other than Papua New Guinea it is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 5 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 Meiwai
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