Meji

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Meji is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in South Africa than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • ZASouth Africa≈1 in 178K(inferred from the name graph)
  • COColombia≈1 in 396K
  • GTGuatemala≈1 in 543K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

South Africa (inferred from the name graph)

≈320 people, est.

Sources
39 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 178K (inferred from the name graph)

South Africa, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Meji counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Meji is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ZA South Africa≈320 est.≈1 in 178K—Meji5
NG Nigeria≈240 est.≈1 in 877K—Meji10
CO Colombia≈120 est.≈1 in 396K—Meji17
IN India841 in 16M84—1
US United States≈59 est.≈1 in 5.7M—Meji39
AR Argentina471 in 968K47Meji19
GT Guatemala≈32 est.≈1 in 543K—Meji3

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Meji is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Mejí

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, France, Belgium, Congo - Kinshasa

    Also written Mèji, Méji

32 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Meji is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In lun, water

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In men, A local name for Foni

    as a wordMende Natural History Vocabulary

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 3 sources across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Meji
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls—84#31,971
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—47—
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—12#4,573
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—4#163,601

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Meji have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 316 people named Meji in South Africa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled meji.
How common is the name Meji?
In India, the national register counted 84 people named Meji, about 1 in 16 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Meji”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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