Meying Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Meying Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 51 | 1:407,237 | 34,925 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Meying (20) may also be a first name.
Meying Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meying Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meying is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Meying click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meying? popularity and diffusion
The surname Meying is the 2,661,929th most numerous surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Meying are found; 92 percent are found in Central Africa and 92 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Meying is also the 2,446,817th most frequent given name on earth It is held by 20 people.
The last name is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 51 people, or 1 in 407,237. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Centre Region, where 84 percent live, North Region, where 4 percent live and East Region, where 2 percent live. Besides Cameroon this last name exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 4 percent live.
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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 Meying
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