Meyim Surname
Approximately 51 people bear this surname
Meyim Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 47 | 1:441,895 | 37,035 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Meyim Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meyim Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meyim (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻴﻢ) is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Meyim? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,718,172nd most frequently held surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 142,893,057 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Meyim live; 90 percent live in Central Africa and 88 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 47 people, or 1 in 441,895. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Centre Region, where 68 percent live, West Region, where 26 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 2 percent live. Besides Cameroon Meyim is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 6 percent live and Mauritania, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meyim Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meyim in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﻴﻢ | amym | - |
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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 Meyim
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