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
Meimah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻴﻤﺎﻩ) is borne by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meimah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Meimah is the 3,228,735th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 196,960,700 people. Meimah is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Meimah reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Meimah is also the 1,381,723rd most commonly held first name internationally, held by 52 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is carried by 35 people, or 1 in 116,996. In Mauritania Meimah is most frequent in: Gorgol Region, where 37 percent reside, Hodh Chargui Region, where 26 percent reside and Assaba Region, where 20 percent reside. Other than Mauritania it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 3 percent reside and Liberia, where 3 percent reside.
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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