Meyum Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Meyum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 40 | 1:519,227 | 41,500 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
Meyum (41) may also be a first name.
Meyum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meyum Come From? nationality or country of origin
Meyum occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meyum? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,979,664th most widespread family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 169,477,812 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Meyum live; 93 percent live in Central Africa and 93 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,590,275th most frequently held first name worldwide, held by 41 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 40 people, or 1 in 519,227. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: West Region, where 45 percent are found, Southwest Region, where 30 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 25 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in India, where 7 percent are found.
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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 Meyum
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