Meimou Surname
Approximately 254 people bear this surname
Meimou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 241 | 1:16,991 | 1,581 |
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
The alternate forms: Meïmou (10) are calculated separately.
Meimou (58) may also be a first name.
Meimou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meimou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meimou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻴﻢ) is found in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Meïmou. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meimou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,003,904th most frequently used last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 28,691,126 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Meimou are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. Meimou is also the 1,295,729th most commonly occurring forename in the world, held by 58 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Mauritania, where it is carried by 241 people, or 1 in 16,991. In Mauritania Meimou is most prevalent in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 41 percent live, Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 32 percent live and Inchiri Region, where 8 percent live. Outside of Mauritania this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 4 percent live and Burkina Faso, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meimou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meimou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﻴﻢ | amym | 43.82 |
| ﺍﻣﻴﻤﻮ | amymw | 30.34 |
| ﺃﻣﻴﻢ | amym | 10.11 |
| ﺃﻣﻴﻤﻮ | amymw | 8.99 |
| ﻣﻴﻤﻮ | mymw | 3.37 |
| ﻣﻴﻢ | mym | 2.25 |
| ﺍﻟﻤﻴﻤﻮ | almymw | 1.12 |
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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 Meimou
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