Mepem Surname
Approximately 60 people bear this surname
Mepem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 58 | 1:140,581 | 19,337 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
Mepem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mepem Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mepem has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Mepem click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mepem? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,483,783rd most numerous surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 121,459,099 people. Mepem occurs mostly in Oceania, where 97 percent of Mepem are found; 97 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 97 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.
This last name is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 58 people, or 1 in 140,581. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: Southern Highlands, where 86 percent are found and Madang, where 14 percent are found. Excluding Papua New Guinea it exists in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meppem | 91 | 92 | / |
| Mephem | 91 | 8 | / |
| Mepiem | 91 | 1 | / |
| Meepem | 91 | 1 | / |
| Mepeme | 91 | 1 | / |
| Meepiem | 83 | 3 | / |
| Meepeam | 83 | 1 | / |
| Meupeum | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mopem | 80 | 55 | / |
| Mapem | 80 | 18 | / |
| Mepen | 80 | 6 | / |
| Mepim | 80 | 2 | / |
| Mipem | 80 | 1 | / |
| Meppen | 73 | 250 | / |
| Mepien | 73 | 10 | / |
| Meepen | 73 | 8 | / |
| Meepim | 73 | 6 | / |
| Mepeng | 73 | 5 | / |
| Mepeen | 73 | 4 | / |
| Maphem | 73 | 3 | / |
| Meypen | 73 | 3 | / |
| Mapiem | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mepaim | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mapeum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Meapen | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mephim | 73 | 0 | / |
| Meepien | 67 | 167 | / |
| Meepaen | 67 | 15 | / |
| Meippen | 67 | 10 | / |
| Meepeng | 67 | 10 | / |
| Meipeng | 67 | 2 | / |
| Meephen | 67 | 2 | / |
| Meepuen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meepoen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meepaim | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Mepem
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