Muei Surname
Approximately 208 people bear this surname
Muei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 130 | 1:62,721 | 8,130 |
| Indonesia | 70 | 1:1,889,274 | 120,273 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Muei (127) may also be a first name.
Muei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Muei is most common in Papua New Guinea. It can also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Muei? popularity and diffusion
The surname Muei is the 1,152,132nd most frequently held last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 35,036,278 people. It is predominantly found in Oceania, where 63 percent of Muei are found; 63 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 63 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Muei is also the 825,494th most frequent forename throughout the world. It is borne by 127 people.
The last name is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 130 people, or 1 in 62,721. In Papua New Guinea Muei is most frequent in: West Sepik, where 96 percent reside and Madang, where 4 percent reside. Apart from Papua New Guinea it is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 34 percent reside and Kenya, where 2 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 Muei
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