Meo Surname

14,406th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 38,723 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Vietnam
Highest density in:
Fiji

Meo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Meo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Vietnam21,6921:4,271187
Indonesia5,6461:23,4242,813
Italy4,9621:12,3251,958
Pakistan1,5451:115,6273,471
United States1,2691:285,62626,570
Saudi Arabia5571:55,3967,891
Argentina4961:86,1767,271
Fiji3771:2,372387
France3711:179,03727,905
Honduras1671:52,7931,279
Belgium1611:71,40811,406
Iran1361:564,57732,091
Canada1241:297,14227,584
New Zealand1131:40,0746,748
DR Congo1091:677,79449,381
Papua New Guinea1011:80,73010,659
Ivory Coast861:268,27010,467
Australia801:337,44628,659
Brazil711:3,015,13188,032
England691:807,50843,459
Venezuela631:479,4309,304
India571:13,457,287231,997
Qatar471:50,1704,949
Russia441:3,275,524171,933
United Arab Emirates391:234,93015,673
Switzerland391:210,58818,223
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Germany271:2,981,684140,707
Peru261:1,222,46620,703
Thailand221:3,210,834301,565
Solomon Islands191:30,5286,049
Estonia151:88,12015,474
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Malaysia111:2,681,293102,971
Haiti91:1,187,10112,579
Hong Kong91:815,0543,802
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Norway91:571,36544,190
Kenya81:5,772,48850,256
China71:195,331,65210,124
Jordan71:1,263,20516,935
Taiwan71:3,349,24920,155
Bolivia71:1,516,6336,309
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Philippines51:20,247,645262,352
Belarus41:2,375,265105,497
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
Mauritius31:431,13912,721
Bulgaria31:2,326,30254,089
Algeria31:12,877,18484,902
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Cambodia21:7,743,57311,959
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England251:975,01539,671
Wales11:1,568,41619,290

The alternate forms: Méo (17) & Mèo (3) are calculated separately.

Meo (32,853) may also be a first name.

Meo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Meo Come From? nationality or country of origin

Meo (Georgian: მეო, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻮ, Hindi: मेो, Marathi: मेओ, Oriya: େମଓ, Russian: Мео) is more commonly found in Vietnam than any other country/territory. It can be found as: Méo or Mèo. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Meo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 14,406th most frequent family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 188,197 people. The surname Meo occurs mostly in Asia, where 77 percent of Meo live; 71 percent live in Southeast Asia and 56 percent live in Viet-Asia. Meo is also the 25,975th most commonly held forename worldwide, borne by 32,853 people.

The last name is most numerous in Vietnam, where it is borne by 21,692 people, or 1 in 4,271. In Vietnam Meo is most common in: Southeast, where 38 percent live, Red River Delta, where 18 percent live and North Central, where 10 percent live. Besides Vietnam it exists in 84 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 15 percent live and Italy, where 13 percent live.

Meo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Meo has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Meo last name grew 276 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Meo Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Muslim (67%) in Kenya.

In The United States those holding the Meo last name are 4.66% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 51.43% being registered with the party.

The amount Meo earn in different countries varies notably. In Italy they earn 18.82% more than the national average, earning €35,681 per year; in Norway they earn 2% more than the national average, earning 353,012 kr per year; in United States they earn 9.7% more than the national average, earning $47,333 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.68% more than the national average, earning $55,982 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Méo8917/
Mèo893/
Meho861,996/
Meot86573/
Meoh86545/
Meos86389/
Međo86238/
Meop86173/
Meľo8657/
Meao8657/
Mieo8651/
Meoz8644/
Meou8627/
Meoa8626/
Meoi8615/
Meeo8611/
Mmeo8610/
Meod866/
Meoj864/
Meoo864/
Meoy863/
Mgeo862/
Hmeo861/
Meňo861/
Meijo752,746/
Mehou752,494/
Megio75902/
Mejio75600/
Mehoy75316/
Meiyo7588/
Meaou7554/
Mehho7536/
Meuyo7533/
Mieho7530/
Meohh7525/
Meaoa7524/
Meľoš7511/
Meeoz7510/
Meott7510/
Mehoi758/
Meaos756/
Meout755/
Meeoo754/
Meyjo754/
Meoss753/
D'Meo753/
Meoos753/
Meoch753/
Meous752/
Mheho751/
Mieou751/
Meooz751/
Meouh751/
Meoux751/
Mejho751/
Meoud751/
Meoth751/
Meohe751/
Mehoj751/
Meost751/
Meooa751/
Mmeho751/
Meoys751/
Myo67198,830/
Mea6715,044/
Mio6711,902/
Mjo67551/
Mehoud67103/
Miehou6795/
Meihyo6766/
Meoush6731/
Meehoh6719/
Mehois6716/
Mehous6715/
Meijio6715/
Meahou6710/
Mío6710/
Meaoud675/
Mejios674/
Mehhou673/
Maheyo673/
Meouch673/
Mehout671/
Mehouz671/
Meheou671/
Mejjou671/
Mejioa671/
M'Meho671/
Meeous670/
Meoitt670/
Mehoid670/

Meo Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Meo in the Georgian language
მეოmeo-
Meo in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻣﻮamw-
Meo in the Oriya language
େମଓema'o-
Meo in the Marathi language
मेओme'o-
Meo in the Hindi language
मेोmeo98.81
Meo in the Russian language
Меоmeo-

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Meo Reference & Research

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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 Meo
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