Meilid Surname
Approximately 5,265 people bear this surname
Meilid Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 5,259 | 1:779 | 105 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
The alternate forms: Meïlid (20) & Meilîd (1) are calculated separately.
Meilid (91) may also be a first name.
Meilid Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meilid Come From? nationality or country of origin
Meilid (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻴﻠﻴﺪ) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as: Meïlid or Meilîd. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Meilid? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 90,945th most prevalent last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 1,384,149 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Meilid live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 998,282nd most frequent forename on earth, borne by 91 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is held by 5,259 people, or 1 in 779. In Mauritania it is most frequent in: Assaba Region, where 17 percent reside, Hodh Chargui Region, where 13 percent reside and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 11 percent reside. Outside of Mauritania this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 0 percent reside and France, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meilid Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meilid in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﻴﻠﻴﺪ | amylyd | 88.51 |
| ﺃﻣﻴﻠﻴﺪ | amylyd | 9.56 |
| ﻣﻴﻠﻴﺪ | mylyd | 1.26 |
| ﺍﻣﻴﻠﻴﺪﻩ | amylydh | 0.2 |
| ﺇﻣﻴﻠﻴﺪ | amylyd | 0.13 |
| ﺃﻣﻴﻠﻴﻠﻴﺪ | amylylyd | 0.07 |
| ﺃﻣﻴﻠﺪ | amyld | 0.07 |
| ﻣﻴﻠﻴﺪﻩ | mylydh | 0.07 |
| ﺍﻣﻴﻠﺪ | amyld | 0.07 |
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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 Meilid
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