Memah Surname
Approximately 790 people bear this surname
Memah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 588 | 1:224,914 | 20,946 |
| Mauritania | 144 | 1:28,437 | 2,385 |
| Ivory Coast | 30 | 1:769,041 | 20,891 |
| Liberia | 7 | 1:629,791 | 27,063 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Memah (485) may also be a first name.
Memah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Memah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Memah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻤﺎﻩ) is held by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Memah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Memah is the 434,913th most frequently held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 9,224,742 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 75 percent of Memah live; 75 percent live in Southeast Asia and 75 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Memah is also the 385,996th most widespread first name at a global level. It is borne by 485 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Indonesia, where it is held by 588 people, or 1 in 224,914. In Indonesia Memah is primarily found in: North Sulawesi, where 80 percent reside, Jakarta, where 17 percent reside and Central Sulawesi, where 1 percent reside. Beside Indonesia Memah exists in 13 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 18 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Memah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Memah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻤﺎﻩ | mmah | 89.8 |
| ﻣﺎﻣﺎﻩ | mamah | 4.08 |
| ﻣﻤﺎﺡ | mmah | 3.06 |
| ﻣﺎﻣﻪ | mamh | 1.02 |
| ﻣﻴﻤﺎﻩ | mymah | 1.02 |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Memah
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis