Meyala Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Meyala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Meyala (43) may also be a first name.
Meyala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meyala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meyala (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻴﺎﻟﻪ) has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meyala? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,427,875th most common surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 35 percent of Meyala live; 35 percent live in Oceania Islands and 35 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Meyala is also the 1,545,828th most widespread first name internationally. It is borne by 43 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 1,164,817. In Papua New Guinea Meyala is most prevalent in: Enga, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Papua New Guinea Meyala occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in India, where 25 percent are found and Cameroon, where 20 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meyala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meyala in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻴﺎﻟﻪ | myalh | - |
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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 Meyala
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