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
Meilim (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻌﻴﻠﻴﻢ) is held by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Meilim? popularity and diffusion
The surname Meilim is the 5,587,209th most common last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name Meilim is primarily found in Africa, where 83 percent of Meilim are found; 83 percent are found in West Africa and 83 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 1,308,380th most prevalent first name at a global level. It is borne by 57 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Mauritania, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 409,486. In Mauritania Meilim is most common in: Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 50 percent reside, Assaba Region, where 20 percent reside and Hodh Chargui Region, where 10 percent reside. Besides Mauritania it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 8 percent reside and The United States, where 8 percent reside.
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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