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
Muei occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Muei? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,152,132nd most commonly held family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 35,036,278 people. The surname Muei occurs mostly in Oceania, where 63 percent of Muei are found; 63 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 63 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 825,494th most commonly held first name throughout the world, held by 127 people.
It is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 130 people, or 1 in 62,721. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: West Sepik, where 96 percent are found and Madang, where 4 percent are found. Not including Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 34 percent are found and Kenya, where 2 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 Muei
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