Meileh Surname
Approximately 86 people bear this surname
Meileh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 85 | 1:48,175 | 3,569 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Meileh (10) may also be a first name.
Meileh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meileh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meileh (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻴﻠﺢ) is held by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Meileh.
How Common Is The Last Name Meileh? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,020,555th most frequently held family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 84,738,906 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Meileh are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. Meileh is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly held given name globally. It is borne by 10 people.
The surname Meileh is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is carried by 85 people, or 1 in 48,175. In Mauritania Meileh is mostly found in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 85 percent reside, Adrar Region, where 8 percent reside and Tiris Zemmour Region, where 2 percent reside. Beside Mauritania this last name exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meileh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meileh in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﻴﻠﺢ | amylh | 90.24 |
| ﻣﻴﻠﺢ | mylh | 4.88 |
| ﺃﻣﻴﻠﺢ | amylh | 2.44 |
| ﻟﻤﻴﻠﺢ | lmylh | 2.44 |
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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 Meileh
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