Mewah Surname
Approximately 1,071 people bear this surname
Mewah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 851 | 1:209,922 | 5,045 |
| Liberia | 91 | 1:48,445 | 4,348 |
| Indonesia | 90 | 1:1,469,435 | 99,362 |
| Cameroon | 20 | 1:1,038,453 | 65,513 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 9 | 1:151,553 | 8,353 |
| Mauritius | 6 | 1:215,570 | 8,537 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mewah (6,714) may also be a first name.
Mewah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mewah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mewah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻮﺍﻩ) occurs in Pakistan more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Mewah.
How Common Is The Last Name Mewah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mewah is the 342,554th most commonly held surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 6,804,431 people. The last name Mewah occurs mostly in Asia, where 88 percent of Mewah reside; 79 percent reside in South Asia and 79 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 79,740th most frequent forename on earth It is held by 6,714 people.
The surname is most numerous in Pakistan, where it is borne by 851 people, or 1 in 209,922. In Pakistan Mewah is mostly found in: Punjab, where 46 percent live, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 43 percent live and Sindh, where 7 percent live. Excluding Pakistan it exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 8 percent live and Indonesia, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mewah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mewah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻮﺍﻩ | mwah | - |
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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 Mewah
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