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 surname Meidah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻤﻴﺪﺍﺡ) is more commonly found in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meidah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,453,389th most numerous last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 49,575,142 people. The last name Meidah occurs mostly in Africa, where 71 percent of Meidah are found; 70 percent are found in West Africa and 70 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. Meidah is also the 452,461st most frequently occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 369 people.
The surname Meidah is most numerous in Mauritania, where it is carried by 103 people, or 1 in 39,756. In Mauritania Meidah is primarily concentrated in: Brakna Region, where 31 percent live, Gorgol Region, where 24 percent live and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 18 percent live. Outside of Mauritania Meidah is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 27 percent live and Pakistan, where 1 percent live.
Meidah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Meidah has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Meidah last name grew 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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