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
Mewan (Hindi: मेवाङा, Marathi: मेवान) is borne by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mewan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mewan is the 576,965th most frequent family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 13,371,644 people. The surname Mewan is primarily found 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 prevalent first name in the world, held by 2,611 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 292 people, or 1 in 71,262. Other than Sri Lanka it exists in 13 countries. It is also found 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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