Meyem Surname
Approximately 93 people bear this surname
Meyem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 87 | 1:238,725 | 23,654 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Meyem (310) may also be a first name.
Meyem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meyem Come From? nationality or country of origin
Meyem (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻴﻢ) is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Meyem click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meyem? popularity and diffusion
Meyem is the 1,931,261st most commonly used last name internationally, held by around 1 in 78,360,709 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Meyem live; 92 percent live in Central Africa and 91 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 499,178th most prevalent first name throughout the world It is held by 310 people.
The surname Meyem is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is held by 87 people, or 1 in 238,725. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Centre Region, where 47 percent live, West Region, where 18 percent live and Littoral Region, where 17 percent live. Excluding Cameroon it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 3 percent live and Mauritania, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meyem Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meyem in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻴﻢ | mym | 96.91 |
| ﻣﻴﻤﻪ | mymh | 2.06 |
| ﺍﻣﻴﻢ | amym | 1.03 |
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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 Meyem
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