Lemeina Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Lemeina Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 8 | 1:511,858 | 18,608 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Lemeina (17) may also be a first name.
Lemeina Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lemeina Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lemeina (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻟﻤﻴﻨﻪ) is borne by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lemeina? popularity and diffusion
Lemeina is the 6,360,413th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lemeina are found; 89 percent are found in West Africa and 89 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. Lemeina is also the 2,694,839th most widespread first name in the world, borne by 17 people.
Lemeina is most commonly occurring in Mauritania, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 511,858. In Mauritania Lemeina is most prevalent in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 100 percent are found. Beside Mauritania this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Kenya, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lemeina Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lemeina in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻟﻤﻴﻨﻪ | lmynh | 93.33 |
| ﻟﻤﻴﻨﻊ | lmyn | 6.67 |
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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 Lemeina
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