Meilek Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Meilek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 46 | 1:89,019 | 5,672 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Meilek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meilek Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meilek (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻴﻠﻚ) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Meilek.
How Common Is The Last Name Meilek? popularity and diffusion
The surname Meilek is the 2,661,929th most common surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 87 percent of Meilek live; 87 percent live in West Africa and 87 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
Meilek is most numerous in Mauritania, where it is carried by 46 people, or 1 in 89,019. In Mauritania it is mostly found in: Brakna Region, where 30 percent reside, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 26 percent reside and Trarza Region, where 15 percent reside. Outside of Mauritania this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 11 percent reside and Brazil, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meilek Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meilek in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﻴﻠﻚ | amylk | 95.45 |
| ﻣﻴﻠﻚ | mylk | 4.55 |
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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 Meilek
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