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) occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Meyala? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,427,875th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname 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 frequently used given name in the world. It is borne by 43 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 1,164,817. In Papua New Guinea Meyala is most numerous in: Enga, where 100 percent reside. Barring Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in India, where 25 percent reside and Cameroon, where 20 percent reside.
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
- 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 Meyala
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