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
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
| 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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