Meileck Surname
Approximately 407 people bear this surname
Meileck Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 387 | 1:10,581 | 1,088 |
| Germany | 20 | 1:4,025,273 | 167,743 |
The alternate forms: Meïleck (15) are calculated separately.
Meileck Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meileck Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meileck (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻴﻠﻚ) is found most frequently in Mauritania. It can also occur in the variant forms: Meïleck. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meileck? popularity and diffusion
The last name Meileck is the 717,442nd most commonly held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 17,905,518 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Meileck reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
Meileck is most widely held in Mauritania, where it is held by 387 people, or 1 in 10,581. In Mauritania Meileck is most common in: Gorgol Region, where 27 percent are found, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 15 percent are found and Trarza Region, where 14 percent are found. Aside from Mauritania this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Germany, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meileck Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meileck in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﻴﻠﻚ | amylk | 82.68 |
| ﺃﻣﻴﻠﻚ | amylk | 12.6 |
| ﺍﻣﻴﻠﻴﻚ | amylyk | 3.94 |
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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 Meileck
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