Meymoun Surname
Approximately 92 people bear this surname
Meymoun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 91 | 1:44,998 | 3,374 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Meymoun (15) may also be a first name.
Meymoun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meymoun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meymoun (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻴﻤﻮﻥ) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Meymoun.
How Common Is The Last Name Meymoun? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,943,350th most numerous last name globally, held by around 1 in 79,212,456 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Meymoun are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. Meymoun is also the 2,900,335th most commonly used first name at a global level, borne by 15 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Mauritania, where it is held by 91 people, or 1 in 44,998. In Mauritania Meymoun is most common in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 27 percent are found, Hodh Chargui Region, where 24 percent are found and Assaba Region, where 15 percent are found. Excluding Mauritania it is found in one country. It also occurs in Tunisia, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meymoun Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meymoun in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻴﻤﻮﻥ | mymwn | - |
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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 Meymoun
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