Meyam Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Meyam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepal | 5 | 1:5,696,191 | 13,053 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
Meyam (228) may also be a first name.
Meyam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meyam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meyam (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻴﻢ, Hindi: मेयम) occurs in Nepal more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meyam? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,057,639th most commonly used last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 60 percent of Meyam reside; 60 percent reside in South Asia and 60 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 594,918th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, held by 228 people.
The surname Meyam is most frequent in Nepal, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 5,696,191. In Nepal it is mostly concentrated in: Bheri, where 100 percent are found. Other than Nepal this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in India, where 27 percent are found and Cameroon, where 20 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meyam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meyam in the Hindi language | ||
| मेयम | meyama | - |
| Meyam in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻴﻢ | mym | 76.92 |
| ﻣﻴﺎﻡ | myam | 15.38 |
| ﻣﻴﻤﻪ | mymh | 7.69 |
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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 Meyam
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