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 more commonly found in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Meilim? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,587,209th most frequently occurring family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. Meilim is predominantly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Meilim reside; 83 percent reside in West Africa and 83 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Meilim is also the 1,308,380th most frequent first name at a global level, borne by 57 people.
This surname is most numerous in Mauritania, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 409,486. In Mauritania Meilim is mostly concentrated in: Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 50 percent are found, Assaba Region, where 20 percent are found and Hodh Chargui Region, where 10 percent are found. Barring Mauritania this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 8 percent are found and The United States, where 8 percent are found.
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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