Mewe Surname
Approximately 420 people bear this surname
Mewe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 104 | 1:162,377 | 23,863 |
| Cameroon | 103 | 1:201,641 | 20,774 |
| Nigeria | 74 | 1:2,393,821 | 79,921 |
| Germany | 65 | 1:1,238,546 | 79,660 |
| Mauritania | 38 | 1:107,760 | 6,553 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Chile | 5 | 1:3,523,295 | 39,650 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Mewe (646) may also be a first name.
Mewe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mewe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mewe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻮ) is found most in The Netherlands. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mewe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mewe is the 701,000th most frequently used surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 17,351,300 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 53 percent of Mewe reside; 41 percent reside in Western Europe and 40 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Mewe is also the 327,050th most widespread forename world-wide It is held by 646 people.
The last name Mewe is most commonly occurring in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 104 people, or 1 in 162,377. In The Netherlands it is primarily concentrated in: North Holland, where 38 percent live, South Holland, where 21 percent live and Gelderland, where 15 percent live. Without taking into account The Netherlands this surname is found in 19 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 25 percent live and Nigeria, where 18 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mewe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mewe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﻮ | amw | 38.46 |
| ﺍﻣﻮﻩ | amwh | 28.21 |
| ﺃﻣﻮﻩ | amwh | 12.82 |
| ﻣﻮﻩ | mwh | 5.13 |
| ﺃﻣﻮﺓ | amwt | 5.13 |
| ﺃﻣﻮ | amw | 5.13 |
| ﻣﻮﺍ | mwa | 2.56 |
| ﺍﻣﻮﺍ | amwa | 2.56 |
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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 Mewe
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