Meyma Surname
Approximately 33 people bear this surname
Meyma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 32 | 1:573,503 | 7,444 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Meyma (226) may also be a first name.
Meyma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meyma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meyma (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻴﻤﻪ) is carried by more people in Burkina Faso than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meyma? popularity and diffusion
The last name Meyma is the 3,432,070th most prevalent last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Meyma reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 598,137th most frequently occurring given name internationally, held by 226 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 32 people, or 1 in 573,503. In Burkina Faso Meyma is primarily found in: Sahel Region, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account Burkina Faso this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Mauritania, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meyma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meyma in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﻴﻤﻪ | amymh | 33.33 |
| ﻣﻴﻤﻪ | mymh | 28.79 |
| ﺍﻣﻴﻢ | amym | 12.12 |
| ﻣﻴﻢ | mym | 7.58 |
| ﻣﻴﻤﺎ | myma | 6.06 |
| ﺃﻣﻴﻤﻪ | amymh | 4.55 |
| ﻣﻴﻤﺔ | mymt | 3.03 |
| ﺃﻣﻴﻢ | amym | 1.52 |
| ﻣﻴﻤﻲ | mymy | 1.52 |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Meyma
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