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 last name Meying occurs most in Cameroon. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Meying? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,661,929th most numerous family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Meying reside; 92 percent reside in Central Africa and 92 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Meying is also the 2,446,817th most commonly occurring given name on earth, held by 20 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 51 people, or 1 in 407,237. In Cameroon Meying is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 84 percent reside, North Region, where 4 percent reside and East Region, where 2 percent reside. Not including Cameroon this surname exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 4 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
- 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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