Mewana Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Mewana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Mewana (17) may also be a first name.
Mewana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mewana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mewana is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mewana? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mewana is the 6,360,413th most widespread last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Mewana live; 78 percent live in Southern Africa and 78 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Mewana is also the 2,694,839th most commonly held first name world-wide, held by 17 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 2,205,463. In Zimbabwe it is mostly found in: Manicaland Province, where 100 percent live. Other than Zimbabwe it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 11 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent live.
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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 Mewana
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