Meyin Surname
Approximately 223 people bear this surname
Meyin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 118 | 1:176,009 | 18,652 |
| India | 63 | 1:12,175,641 | 218,299 |
| Turkey | 22 | 1:3,537,337 | 93,247 |
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
Meyin (133) may also be a first name.
Meyin Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meyin Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meyin (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻴﻴﻦ, Marathi: मेयीन) is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Meyin? popularity and diffusion
Meyin is the 1,098,270th most widespread last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 32,679,578 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 61 percent of Meyin live; 53 percent live in Central Africa and 52 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Meyin is also the 804,402nd most frequent forename at a global level. It is borne by 133 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 118 people, or 1 in 176,009. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Centre Region, where 69 percent live, Littoral Region, where 17 percent live and West Region, where 9 percent live. Beside Cameroon this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also common in India, where 28 percent live and Turkey, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meyin Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meyin in the Marathi language | ||
| मेयीन | meyina | - |
| Meyin in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﻴﻴﻦ | amyyn | 33.33 |
| ﺍﻣﻴﻦ | amyn | 33.33 |
| ﺃﻣﻴﻦ | amyn | 33.33 |
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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 Meyin
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