Mechinou Surname
Approximately 360 people bear this surname
Mechinou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 359 | 1:11,406 | 1,144 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
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
Mechinou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺸﻴﻨﻮ) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Méchinou. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mechinou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 785,023rd most commonly used last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 20,243,183 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mechinou reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 881,625th most commonly used first name on earth, borne by 113 people.
This last name is most common in Mauritania, where it is carried by 359 people, or 1 in 11,406. In Mauritania Mechinou is mostly concentrated in: Gorgol Region, where 23 percent live, Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 18 percent live and Hodh Chargui Region, where 18 percent live. Besides Mauritania this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Benin, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mechinou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mechinou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺸﻴﻨﻮ | mshynw | 64.29 |
| ﻣﺸﻴﻦ | mshyn | 32.86 |
| ﻣﻴﺸﻴﻨﻮ | myshynw | 2.86 |
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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
- 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 Mechinou
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