Mechinou Surname

785,023rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 360 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Mechinou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mechinou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania3591:11,4061,144
Benin11:10,335,602103,742

The alternate forms: Méchinou (1) are calculated separately.

Mechinou (113) may also be a first name.

Mechinou Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mechinou Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Mechinou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺸﻴﻨﻮ) is more commonly found in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Méchinou. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mechinou? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 785,023rd most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 20,243,183 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mechinou are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 881,625th most widely held forename in the world It is held by 113 people.

The surname is most widespread in Mauritania, where it is held by 359 people, or 1 in 11,406. In Mauritania Mechinou is primarily concentrated in: Gorgol Region, where 23 percent reside, Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 18 percent reside and Hodh Chargui Region, where 18 percent reside. Apart from Mauritania this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Benin, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Mechinou Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Mechinou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻣﺸﻴﻨﻮmshynw64.29
ﻣﺸﻴﻦmshyn32.86
ﻣﻴﺸﻴﻨﻮmyshynw2.86

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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 Mechinou
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