Meywa Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Meywa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Meywa (15) may also be a first name.
Meywa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meywa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Meywa has its highest incidence in Kenya. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Meywa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Meywa is the 6,360,413th most prevalent family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 78 percent of Meywa are found; 67 percent are found in East Africa and 56 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequently occurring forename worldwide, borne by 15 people.
Meywa is most common in Kenya, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 15,393,300. In Kenya Meywa is primarily concentrated in: Bungoma County, where 33 percent are found, Busia County, where 33 percent are found and Kakamega County, where 33 percent are found. Aside from Kenya this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 33 percent are found and Germany, where 11 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 Meywa
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