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
The surname Meije (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻴﺠﻪ) occurs more in Spain more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meije? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,286,243rd most widely held family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 41,172,576 people. The surname Meije is primarily found in Europe, where 47 percent of Meije are found; 28 percent are found in South America and 21 percent are found in Iberian Europe. It is also the 330,269th most common first name in the world. It is borne by 635 people.
It is most numerous in Spain, where it is carried by 38 people, or 1 in 1,230,317. In Spain it is mostly found in: Galicia, where 74 percent live, Madrid, where 24 percent live and Catalonia, where 3 percent live. Not including Spain this surname occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 20 percent live and Suriname, where 18 percent live.
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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