Meilis Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Meilis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
Meilis (125) may also be a first name.
Meilis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meilis Come From? nationality or country of origin
Meilis is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Meilis.
How Common Is The Last Name Meilis? popularity and diffusion
The last name Meilis is the 5,587,209th most common last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 92 percent of Meilis live; 83 percent live in Southeast Asia and 83 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 832,731st most numerous first name in the world. It is borne by 125 people.
This surname is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 13,224,919. In Indonesia Meilis is primarily concentrated in: Aceh, where 40 percent live, Riau, where 30 percent live and South Sumatra, where 20 percent live. Barring Indonesia this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Kazakhstan, where 8 percent live and Lithuania, where 8 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Meilis
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