Meilim Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Meilim Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 10 | 1:409,486 | 16,302 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Meilim (57) may also be a first name.
Meilim Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meilim Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meilim (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻌﻴﻠﻴﻢ) is found in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Meilim? popularity and diffusion
The surname Meilim is the 5,587,209th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 83 percent of Meilim live; 83 percent live in West Africa and 83 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 1,308,380th most commonly used forename world-wide, held by 57 people.
The surname is most widely held in Mauritania, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 409,486. In Mauritania Meilim is mostly found in: Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 50 percent live, Assaba Region, where 20 percent live and Hodh Chargui Region, where 10 percent live. Outside of Mauritania this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 8 percent live and The United States, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meilim Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meilim in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﻌﻴﻠﻴﻢ | amylym | 85.71 |
| ﻣﻴﻠﻤﻨﻴﻦ | mylmnyn | 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 Meilim
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