Meyea Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Meyea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Meyea (19) may also be a first name.
Meyea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meyea Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meyea (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻴﻪ) is found in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Meyea? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,391,485th most commonly used last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 62 percent of Meyea live; 46 percent live in West Africa and 38 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. Meyea is also the 2,523,061st most commonly held first name worldwide, held by 19 people.
It is most common in Liberia, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 881,707. In Liberia it is most prevalent in: Montserrado County, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Liberia Meyea exists in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 23 percent are found and Cameroon, where 8 percent are found.
Meyea Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Meyea has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meyea Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meyea in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻴﻪ | myh | - |
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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 Meyea
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