Meije Surname
Approximately 177 people bear this surname
Meije Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 38 | 1:1,230,317 | 41,658 |
| Mauritania | 35 | 1:116,996 | 6,922 |
| Suriname | 32 | 1:17,269 | 4,028 |
| Netherlands | 24 | 1:703,632 | 56,027 |
| France | 22 | 1:3,019,215 | 204,848 |
| Argentina | 16 | 1:2,671,463 | 118,579 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Meije (635) may also be a first name.
Meije Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meije Come From? nationality or country of origin
Meije (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻴﺠﻪ) is borne by more people in Spain than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meije? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,286,243rd most widespread surname globally, borne by around 1 in 41,172,576 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 47 percent of Meije reside; 28 percent reside in South America and 21 percent reside in Iberian Europe. It is also the 330,269th most widely held first name globally, held by 635 people.
Meije is most frequently used in Spain, where it is borne by 38 people, or 1 in 1,230,317. In Spain it is most numerous in: Galicia, where 74 percent are found, Madrid, where 24 percent are found and Catalonia, where 3 percent are found. Other than Spain this surname is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 20 percent are found and Suriname, where 18 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meije Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meije in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻴﺠﻪ | myjh | 75.98 |
| ﻣﻴﺞ | myj | 19.21 |
| ﺍﻣﻴﺠﻪ | amyjh | 1.31 |
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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 Meije
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