Meway Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Meway Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 16 | 1:275,533 | 16,331 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Meway (37) may also be a first name.
Meway Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meway Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meway occurs most in Liberia. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Meway? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,307,654th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 76 percent of Meway live; 76 percent live in West Africa and 76 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. Meway is also the 1,688,769th most frequently held given name throughout the world It is held by 37 people.
This last name is most common in Liberia, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 275,533. In Liberia Meway is mostly found in: Nimba County, where 56 percent reside, River Gee County, where 38 percent reside and Margibi County, where 6 percent reside. Other than Liberia it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 10 percent reside and The United States, where 10 percent reside.
Meway Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Meway has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Meway
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