Meimouna Surname
Approximately 123 people bear this surname
Meimouna Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 81 | 1:256,408 | 24,973 |
| Niger | 15 | 1:1,279,468 | 26,841 |
| Mauritania | 12 | 1:341,239 | 14,334 |
| Burkina Faso | 9 | 1:2,039,122 | 15,494 |
| Ivory Coast | 4 | 1:5,767,808 | 55,416 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
Meimouna (12,591) may also be a first name.
Meimouna Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meimouna Come From? nationality or country of origin
Meimouna (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻴﻤﻮﻧﻪ) is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meimouna? popularity and diffusion
The surname Meimouna is the 1,628,521st most widely held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 59,248,341 people. The last name Meimouna is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Meimouna reside; 57 percent reside in Central Africa and 38 percent reside in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. It is also the 52,437th most commonly used forename worldwide, borne by 12,591 people.
This surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 81 people, or 1 in 256,408. In Cameroon Meimouna is most common in: Adamawa Region, where 59 percent live, East Region, where 27 percent live and Far North Region, where 11 percent live. Aside from Cameroon this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 12 percent live and Mauritania, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meimouna Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meimouna in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻴﻤﻮﻧﻪ | mymwnh | 66.3 |
| ﻣﻴﻤﻮﻧﺔ | mymwnt | 29.05 |
| ﻣﻴﻤﻮﻥ | mymwn | 3.45 |
| ﻣﻴﻤﻮﻧﺎ | mymwna | 0.97 |
| ﺍﻟﻤﻴﻤﻮﻥ | almymwn | 0.06 |
| ﻣﻴﻮﻣﻨﺎ | mywmna | 0.03 |
| ﻣﻴﻤﻮﻣﻨﺔ | mymwmnt | 0.03 |
| ﻣﺒﻤﻮﻧﻪ | mbmwnh | 0.03 |
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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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