Meijen Surname
Approximately 106 people bear this surname
Meijen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 47 | 1:87,125 | 5,595 |
| Netherlands | 41 | 1:411,882 | 42,990 |
| Belgium | 17 | 1:676,273 | 58,718 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Meijen (90) may also be a first name.
Meijen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meijen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meijen (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻴﺠﻦ) is held by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meijen? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,785,358th most prevalent family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 68,750,433 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 55 percent of Meijen are found; 55 percent are found in Western Europe and 55 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Meijen is also the 1,005,046th most commonly used first name at a global level. It is borne by 90 people.
The surname Meijen is most commonly occurring in Mauritania, where it is held by 47 people, or 1 in 87,125. In Mauritania Meijen is most numerous in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 53 percent are found, Hodh Chargui Region, where 17 percent are found and Gorgol Region, where 13 percent are found. Other than Mauritania this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 39 percent are found and Belgium, where 16 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meijen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meijen in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﻴﺠﻦ | amyjn | 86.67 |
| ﺍﻣﺠﻴﻦ | amjyn | 6.67 |
| ﺃﻣﻴﺠﻦ | amyjn | 6.67 |
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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 Meijen
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