Meiye Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Meiye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gabon | 9 | 1:209,910 | 2,378 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Meiye (1,099) may also be a first name.
Meiye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meiye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meiye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻴﻪ) occurs in Gabon more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Meiye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,206,983rd most commonly held last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. The last name Meiye occurs mostly in Africa, where 59 percent of Meiye reside; 45 percent reside in Central Africa and 45 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Meiye is also the 240,696th most frequently held given name worldwide It is held by 1,099 people.
This surname is most widely held in Gabon, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 209,910. Aside from Gabon this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also common in China, where 14 percent live and France, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meiye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meiye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻴﻪ | myh | 50 |
| ﺍﻣﻴﻪ | amyh | 25 |
| ﺍﻣﻲ | amy | 12.5 |
| ﺃﻣﻴﻪ | amyh | 12.5 |
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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 Meiye
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