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) is found most in Pakistan. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mewah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mewah is the 342,554th most prevalent surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,804,431 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 88 percent of Mewah live; 79 percent live in South Asia and 79 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Mewah is also the 79,740th most commonly used first name throughout the world, held by 6,714 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Pakistan, where it is borne by 851 people, or 1 in 209,922. In Pakistan Mewah is mostly concentrated in: Punjab, where 46 percent reside, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 43 percent reside and Sindh, where 7 percent reside. Beside Pakistan Mewah occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 8 percent reside and Indonesia, where 8 percent reside.
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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