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) occurs most in Mauritania. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Meidah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,453,389th most numerous surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 49,575,142 people. The surname Meidah occurs mostly in Africa, where 71 percent of Meidah live; 70 percent live in West Africa and 70 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Meidah is also the 452,461st most prevalent first name worldwide, held by 369 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Mauritania, where it is held 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. Apart from Mauritania this last name 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 occurrence of Meidah has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Meidah last name increased 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
- 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 Meidah
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