Meilih Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Meilih Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 10 | 1:409,486 | 16,302 |
| Moldova | 3 | 1:1,187,123 | 48,973 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
Meilih (10) may also be a first name.
Meilih Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meilih Come From? nationality or country of origin
Meilih (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻴﻠﺢ) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meilih? popularity and diffusion
Meilih is the 5,057,639th most commonly held last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. Meilih is predominantly found in Africa, where 67 percent of Meilih live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly occurring forename worldwide, held by 10 people.
The surname is most widespread in Mauritania, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 409,486. In Mauritania it is primarily found in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 80 percent are found, Inchiri Region, where 10 percent are found and Trarza Region, where 10 percent are found. Outside of Mauritania this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Moldova, where 20 percent are found and Argentina, where 13 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meilih Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meilih in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﻴﻠﺢ | amylh | 57.14 |
| ﺍﻣﻴﻠﻴﺢ | amylyh | 14.29 |
| ﺍﻣﻠﻴﺢ | amlyh | 14.29 |
| ﻣﻴﻠﺢ | mylh | 14.29 |
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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 Meilih
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