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 more in Gabon more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meiye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,206,983rd most frequently used surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 59 percent of Meiye reside; 45 percent reside in Central Africa and 45 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 240,696th most frequently occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 1,099 people.
The last name is most widespread in Gabon, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 209,910. Other than Gabon it is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in China, where 14 percent are found and France, where 9 percent are found.
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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