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
Meyin (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻴﻴﻦ, Marathi: मेयीन) is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Meyin? popularity and diffusion
The last name Meyin is the 1,098,270th most widely held family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 32,679,578 people. The last name Meyin occurs predominantly 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 numerous first name internationally. It is borne by 133 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is held by 118 people, or 1 in 176,009. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 69 percent live, Littoral Region, where 17 percent live and West Region, where 9 percent live. Apart from Cameroon this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found 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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