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 last name Meileh (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻴﻠﺢ) is most common in Mauritania. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Meileh click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meileh? popularity and diffusion
Meileh is the 2,020,555th most frequently held last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 84,738,906 people. The last name Meileh occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Meileh live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Meileh is also the 3,684,242nd most widely held forename on earth. It is borne by 10 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is held by 85 people, or 1 in 48,175. In Mauritania it is most frequent in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 85 percent are found, Adrar Region, where 8 percent are found and Tiris Zemmour Region, where 2 percent are found. Not including Mauritania it is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found.
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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