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
The last name Memah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻤﺎﻩ) is found most frequently in Indonesia. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Memah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 434,913th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 9,224,742 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 75 percent of Memah live; 75 percent live in Southeast Asia and 75 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 385,996th most frequent first name worldwide, held by 485 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Indonesia, where it is held by 588 people, or 1 in 224,914. In Indonesia it is most numerous in: North Sulawesi, where 80 percent are found, Jakarta, where 17 percent are found and Central Sulawesi, where 1 percent are found. Other than Indonesia it occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 18 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 4 percent are found.
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 |
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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
- 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
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