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
Meiye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻴﻪ) is found most in Gabon. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meiye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,206,983rd most common last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. Meiye occurs mostly in Africa, where 59 percent of Meiye are found; 45 percent are found in Central Africa and 45 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Meiye is also the 240,696th most commonly occurring first name internationally It is held by 1,099 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Gabon, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 209,910. Besides Gabon it occurs in 8 countries. It is also common 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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