Mewan Surname
Approximately 545 people bear this surname
Mewan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 292 | 1:71,262 | 7,441 |
| Thailand | 175 | 1:403,648 | 70,850 |
| Philippines | 45 | 1:2,249,738 | 125,194 |
| Pakistan | 8 | 1:22,330,486 | 77,733 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mewan (2,611) may also be a first name.
Mewan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mewan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mewan (Hindi: मेवाङा, Marathi: मेवान) is found in Sri Lanka more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Mewan.
How Common Is The Last Name Mewan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 576,965th most frequent last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 13,371,644 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Mewan live; 57 percent live in South Asia and 55 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Mewan is also the 143,840th most frequently held first name on earth. It is borne by 2,611 people.
It is most widespread in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 292 people, or 1 in 71,262. Besides Sri Lanka this last name is found in 13 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 32 percent are found and The Philippines, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mewan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mewan in the Hindi language | ||
| मेवाङा | mevana | - |
| Mewan in the Marathi language | ||
| मेवान | mevana | 66.67 |
| मेखान | mekhana | 16.67 |
| मेरवान | meravana | 16.67 |
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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 Mewan
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