Merowa Surname
Approximately 146 people bear this surname
Merowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 94 | 1:86,742 | 11,495 |
| Indonesia | 51 | 1:2,593,121 | 151,846 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Merowa (27) may also be a first name.
Merowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Merowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Merowa has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Merowa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Merowa is the 1,459,453rd most commonly occurring family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 49,914,698 people. This last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 99 percent of Merowa are found; 99 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 99 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Merowa is also the 2,036,353rd most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 27 people.
Merowa is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 94 people, or 1 in 86,742. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Southern Highlands, where 53 percent are found, Western Highlands, where 39 percent are found and Jiwaka, where 4 percent are found. Outside of Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 35 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Merowa
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