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
Meyim (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻴﻢ) is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Meyim click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meyim? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,718,172nd most common family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 142,893,057 people. The surname Meyim is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Meyim are found; 90 percent are found in Central Africa and 88 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is held by 47 people, or 1 in 441,895. In Cameroon Meyim is primarily found in: Centre Region, where 68 percent live, West Region, where 26 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 2 percent live. Not including Cameroon Meyim is found in 2 countries. It is also common 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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