Meymou Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Meymou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 14 | 1:292,490 | 12,957 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Meymou (20) may also be a first name.
Meymou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meymou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meymou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻴﻢ) is more commonly found in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meymou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,057,639th most common surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Meymou reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most frequently held given name on earth. It is borne by 20 people.
It is most widely held in Mauritania, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 292,490. In Mauritania it is mostly found in: Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 79 percent live, Brakna Region, where 7 percent live and Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 7 percent live. Aside from Mauritania this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Burkina Faso, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meymou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meymou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﻴﻢ | amym | 25 |
| ﻣﻴﻤﻮﻥ | mymwn | 25 |
| ﻣﻴﻤﻮ | mymw | 25 |
| ﺍﻣﻴﻤﻮ | amymw | 25 |
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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 Meymou
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