Meyaba Surname
Approximately 96 people bear this surname
Meyaba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 85 | 1:48,175 | 3,569 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Meyaba (12) may also be a first name.
Meyaba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meyaba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meyaba (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻴﺎﺏ) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meyaba? popularity and diffusion
The last name Meyaba is the 1,894,523rd most frequently held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 75,911,937 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Meyaba live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Meyaba is also the 3,306,491st most prevalent forename worldwide It is held by 12 people.
The surname Meyaba is most commonly occurring in Mauritania, where it is borne by 85 people, or 1 in 48,175. In Mauritania it is most numerous in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 40 percent reside, Assaba Region, where 33 percent reside and Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 12 percent reside. Beside Mauritania this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 10 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meyaba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meyaba in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻴﺎﺏ | myab | 54.17 |
| ﻣﻴﺎﺑﻪ | myabh | 37.5 |
| ﻣﻴﺎﺑﻲ | myaby | 4.17 |
| ﻣﻴﺎﺑﻰ | myaby | 4.17 |
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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 Meyaba
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