Meshana Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Meshana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Meshana (128) may also be a first name.
Meshana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meshana Come From? nationality or country of origin
Meshana (Hindi: मेशाना) occurs most in Kenya. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Meshana.
How Common Is The Last Name Meshana? popularity and diffusion
The surname Meshana is the 5,391,485th most frequent family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name Meshana occurs mostly in Africa, where 85 percent of Meshana reside; 85 percent reside in East Africa and 69 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 821,896th most commonly occurring forename world-wide. It is borne by 128 people.
This surname is most frequent in Kenya, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 4,617,990. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Kajiado County, where 90 percent live and Nakuru County, where 10 percent live. Outside of Kenya this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 15 percent live and Tanzania, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meshana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meshana in the Hindi language | ||
| मेशाना | mesana | - |
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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 Meshana
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