Meiwan Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Meiwan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
Meiwan (2,137) may also be a first name.
Meiwan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meiwan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meiwan has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Meiwan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,063,924th most commonly held family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname Meiwan occurs mostly in Asia, where 50 percent of Meiwan live; 50 percent live in Southeast Asia and 50 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 162,457th most numerous given name in the world, borne by 2,137 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 1,630,743. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: West Sepik, where 100 percent reside. Barring Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 30 percent reside and The Philippines, where 10 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 Meiwan
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