Mevah Surname
Approximately 144 people bear this surname
Mevah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 117 | 1:177,513 | 18,775 |
| India | 21 | 1:36,526,923 | 420,161 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
Mevah (281) may also be a first name.
Mevah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mevah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mevah (Marathi: मेवह) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mevah? popularity and diffusion
Mevah is the 1,471,719th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 50,607,958 people. Mevah is mostly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Mevah live; 81 percent live in Central Africa and 79 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Mevah is also the 528,876th most commonly occurring first name in the world It is held by 281 people.
The last name Mevah is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 117 people, or 1 in 177,513. In Cameroon Mevah is mostly found in: Centre Region, where 87 percent live, South Region, where 9 percent live and East Region, where 2 percent live. Aside from Cameroon Mevah occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 15 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mevah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mevah in the Marathi language | ||
| मेवह | mevaha | - |
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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 Mevah
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