Mewei Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Mewei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Mewei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mewei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mewei occurs most in Nigeria. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mewei? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mewei is the 6,723,624th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Mewei live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 75 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria Mewei is most frequent in: Akwa Ibom, where 80 percent reside and Edo, where 20 percent reside. Not including Nigeria it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 13 percent reside and Cameroon, where 13 percent reside.
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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 Mewei
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