Meyine Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Meyine Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 23 | 1:903,003 | 60,285 |
| Mauritania | 23 | 1:178,038 | 9,291 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Meyine Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meyine Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meyine (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻴﻦ) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meyine? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,843,861st most widely held last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Meyine are found; 49 percent are found in Central Africa and 49 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.
It is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 903,003. In Cameroon Meyine is most numerous in: Centre Region, where 83 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 13 percent reside and Adamawa Region, where 4 percent reside. Outside of Cameroon this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 49 percent reside and South Africa, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meyine Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meyine in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﻴﻦ | amyn | 58.33 |
| ﺃﻣﻴﻦ | amyn | 25 |
| ﻣﻴﻴﻨﻪ | myynh | 8.33 |
| ﻣﻴﻴﻦ | myyn | 8.33 |
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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 Meyine
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