Meidane Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Meidane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 16 | 1:255,929 | 11,901 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
Meidane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meidane Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meidane (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻴﺪﺍﻥ) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meidane? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,772,636th most widespread surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Meidane reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
The last name is most widely held in Mauritania, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 255,929. In Mauritania it is primarily concentrated in: Gorgol Region, where 50 percent reside, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 13 percent reside and Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 6 percent reside. Barring Mauritania it exists in one country. It is also common in Greece, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meidane Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meidane in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻴﺪﺍﻥ | mydan | 77.78 |
| ﺍﻟﻤﻴﺪﺍﻥ | almydan | 11.11 |
| ﻣﻴﺪﺍﻧﻪ | mydanh | 11.11 |
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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 Meidane
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