Meime Surname
Approximately 137 people bear this surname
Meime Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 121 | 1:33,842 | 2,729 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 1:51,821 | 2,326 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Meimé (1) are calculated separately.
Meime (2,058) may also be a first name.
Meime Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meime Come From? nationality or country of origin
Meime (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻴﻤﻪ) occurs most in Mauritania. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Meimé. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Meime? popularity and diffusion
The last name Meime is the 1,518,885th most prevalent last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 53,193,766 people. The last name Meime occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Meime reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 88 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 166,225th most prevalent first name globally It is held by 2,058 people.
The surname Meime is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is borne by 121 people, or 1 in 33,842. In Mauritania it is most prevalent in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 91 percent reside, Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 3 percent reside and Brakna Region, where 2 percent reside. Beside Mauritania it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 7 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent reside.
Meime Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Meime has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meime Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meime in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﻴﻤﻪ | amymh | 35.71 |
| ﺍﻣﻴﻢ | amym | 24.07 |
| ﻣﻴﻢ | mym | 14.91 |
| ﻣﻴﻤﻪ | mymh | 11.96 |
| ﺃﻣﻴﻤﻪ | amymh | 5.75 |
| ﺃﻣﻴﻢ | amym | 2.95 |
| ﺍﻣﻴﻤﺔ | amymt | 2.33 |
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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 Meime
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