Meriwa Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Meriwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Meriwa (6) may also be a first name.
Meriwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meriwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Meriwa is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meriwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Meriwa is the 7,593,402nd most commonly held surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Meriwa live; 50 percent live in Southern Africa and 50 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Meriwa is also the 4,967,096th most widely held first name on earth. It is borne by 6 people.
The surname is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 7,719,120. In Zimbabwe it is primarily found in: Manicaland Province, where 50 percent reside and Mashonaland East Province, where 50 percent reside. Beside Zimbabwe it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 17 percent reside and South Africa, where 17 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 Meriwa
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