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
Meilek (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻴﻠﻚ) is found in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meilek? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,661,929th most prevalent last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Meilek are found; 87 percent are found in West Africa and 87 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.
The surname is most numerous in Mauritania, where it is borne by 46 people, or 1 in 89,019. In Mauritania it is mostly concentrated in: Brakna Region, where 30 percent reside, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 26 percent reside and Trarza Region, where 15 percent reside. Not including Mauritania this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found 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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