Meilla Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Meilla Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Mauritania | 4 | 1:1,023,716 | 25,172 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Meilla (94) may also be a first name.
Meilla Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meilla Come From? nationality or country of origin
Meilla (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻴﻠﻪ) is carried by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Meilla? popularity and diffusion
The last name Meilla is the 4,772,636th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname Meilla is predominantly found in Africa, where 65 percent of Meilla are found; 59 percent are found in West Africa and 35 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Meilla is also the 980,251st most commonly used forename internationally, held by 94 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Niger, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 3,198,670. In Niger it is mostly concentrated in: Tahoua Region, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Niger this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 29 percent are found and Mauritania, where 24 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meilla Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meilla in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﻴﻠﻪ | amylh | 30.77 |
| ﻣﻴﻠﻪ | mylh | 30.77 |
| ﻣﻴﻞ | myl | 15.38 |
| ﺍﻣﻴﻠﺔ | amylt | 7.69 |
| ﺍﻣﻴﻞ | amyl | 7.69 |
| ﺃﻣﻴﻠﻪ | amylh | 7.69 |
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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 Meilla
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