Meshai Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Meshai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Meshai (16) may also be a first name.
Meshai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meshai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Meshai is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Meshai.
How Common Is The Last Name Meshai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,213,395th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 64 percent of Meshai reside; 64 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 64 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Meshai is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently occurring given name world-wide, borne by 16 people.
Meshai is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 905,969. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: Enga, where 100 percent live. Aside from Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 29 percent live and Pakistan, where 7 percent live.
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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 Meshai
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