Meimah Surname
Approximately 37 people bear this surname
Meimah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 35 | 1:116,996 | 6,922 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Meimah (52) may also be a first name.
Meimah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meimah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meimah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻴﻤﺎﻩ) is borne by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Meimah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Meimah is the 3,228,735th most widespread surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 196,960,700 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Meimah live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 1,381,723rd most frequently held first name at a global level, borne by 52 people.
Meimah is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is held by 35 people, or 1 in 116,996. In Mauritania it is mostly concentrated in: Gorgol Region, where 37 percent live, Hodh Chargui Region, where 26 percent live and Assaba Region, where 20 percent live. Besides Mauritania Meimah is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 3 percent live and Liberia, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meimah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meimah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻴﻤﺎﻩ | mymah | 82.61 |
| ﺍﻣﻴﻤﻪ | amymh | 4.35 |
| ﺍﻣﻴﻤﺎﻩ | amymah | 4.35 |
| ﺃﻣﻴﻤﺎﻫﻪ | amymahh | 4.35 |
| ﺃﻣﻴﻤﺎﻩ | amymah | 4.35 |
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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 Meimah
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