Meidah Surname
Approximately 147 people bear this surname
Meidah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 103 | 1:39,756 | 3,085 |
| Indonesia | 39 | 1:3,391,005 | 183,158 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Meidah (369) may also be a first name.
Meidah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meidah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meidah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻤﻴﺪﺍﺡ) is more frequently found in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meidah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,453,389th most widespread surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 49,575,142 people. The surname Meidah is predominantly found in Africa, where 71 percent of Meidah reside; 70 percent reside in West Africa and 70 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 452,461st most numerous first name throughout the world, borne by 369 people.
The last name Meidah is most commonly held in Mauritania, where it is borne by 103 people, or 1 in 39,756. In Mauritania Meidah is primarily concentrated in: Brakna Region, where 31 percent are found, Gorgol Region, where 24 percent are found and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 18 percent are found. Barring Mauritania it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 27 percent are found and Pakistan, where 1 percent are found.
Meidah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Meidah has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meidah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meidah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻤﻴﺪﺍﺡ | almydah | 54.29 |
| ﻣﻴﺪﺍﺡ | mydah | 45.71 |
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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
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- 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 Meidah
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