El Meyah Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Meyah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Meyah Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania81:511,85818,608
France71:9,488,960336,266
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911

El Meyah Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name El Meyah Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname El Meyah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻤﻴﺎﻩ) is borne by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of El Meyah click here.

How Common Is The Last Name El Meyah? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,427,875th most frequently held family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name El Meyah occurs mostly in Europe, where 60 percent of El Meyah are found; 60 percent are found in Western Europe and 40 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.

The surname El Meyah is most frequent in Mauritania, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 511,858. In Mauritania it is most numerous in: Trarza Region, where 100 percent are found. Beside Mauritania this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in France, where 35 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 25 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Meya931/
El Mayah8810/
El Miyah884/
El Mey8611/
El Mouyah823/
El Mahy80832/
El Mehy80344/
El Maya802/
El Miya802/
El Mahia754,049/
El Meehy75153/
El Meyit7534/
El Meyet752/
El Mahaj752/
El Mehaa751/
El Mahji751/
El Mahjy751/
El Mehia751/
El Mhaya751/
El Mayeh751/
El Hmayh751/
El May7181/
El Mee7148/
El Mai7129/
El Mahahy7124/
El Meyett717/
El Maa715/
El Muhaya714/
El Meyitt713/
El Moa713/
El Maj712/
El Moy712/
El Hmaich711/
El Mouiah711/
El Muja672,105/
El Mayt67763/
El Mahweet67358/
El Mais67160/
El Majd67142/
El Mait6736/
El Mohy6716/
El-Mehy6710/
El Mays677/
El Mouh677/
El Maia674/
El Maiy674/
El Maai671/
El Mahahey671/
El Maji671/
El Mhai671/
El Moye671/
El Mojy671/
El Moja671/
El Meit671/
El Mejd671/
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El Meyah Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Meyah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻤﻴﺎﻩalmyah-

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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 El Meyah
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