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 last name Meyma (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻴﻤﻪ) occurs in Burkina Faso more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Meyma click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meyma? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,432,070th most frequently held last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Meyma live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Meyma is also the 598,137th most commonly occurring given name internationally It is held by 226 people.
The last name Meyma is most widely held in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 573,503. In Burkina Faso it is primarily concentrated in: Sahel Region, where 100 percent reside. Other than Burkina Faso Meyma exists in one country. It is also found 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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