Meña Surname
Approximately 1,087 people bear this surname
Meña Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 1,054 | 1:96,051 | 16,732 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Uruguay | 6 | 1:571,960 | 26,877 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Meña (16) may also be a first name.
Meña Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meña Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meña is carried by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Meña click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meña? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 338,461st most commonly occurring family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 6,704,274 people. The last name Meña occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Meña are found; 97 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 95 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 2,786,762nd most prevalent given name in the world. It is borne by 16 people.
The last name Meña is most frequently held in The Philippines, where it is held by 1,054 people, or 1 in 96,051. In The Philippines it is most frequent in: Calabarzon, where 22 percent live, Cagayan Valley, where 19 percent live and National Capital Region, where 13 percent live. Aside from The Philippines this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in The Dominican Republic, where 2 percent live and Uruguay, where 1 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 Meña
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