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
The last name Meywa is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meywa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Meywa is the 6,360,413th most widely held last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 78 percent of Meywa live; 67 percent live in East Africa and 56 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most numerous first name on earth, held by 15 people.
It is most widespread in Kenya, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 15,393,300. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Bungoma County, where 33 percent live, Busia County, where 33 percent live and Kakamega County, where 33 percent live. Outside of Kenya it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 33 percent live and Germany, where 11 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 Meywa
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