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 in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Meilek? popularity and diffusion
The last name Meilek is the 2,661,929th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 87 percent of Meilek live; 87 percent live in West Africa and 87 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
This last name is most commonly held in Mauritania, where it is carried by 46 people, or 1 in 89,019. In Mauritania it is mostly concentrated in: Brakna Region, where 30 percent live, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 26 percent live and Trarza Region, where 15 percent live. Beside Mauritania this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 11 percent live and Brazil, where 2 percent live.
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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