Mehndi Surname
Approximately 1,316 people bear this surname
Mehndi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 796 | 1:224,427 | 5,265 |
| India | 470 | 1:1,632,054 | 59,789 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
Mehndi (1,915) may also be a first name.
Mehndi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mehndi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mehndi (Hindi: मेहन्दी, Marathi: महदी) is found most frequently in Pakistan. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mehndi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 290,856th most common surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,537,649 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Mehndi live; 96 percent live in South Asia and 61 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 173,572nd most common given name in the world, held by 1,915 people.
This last name is most common in Pakistan, where it is held by 796 people, or 1 in 224,427. In Pakistan it is mostly concentrated in: Sindh, where 45 percent are found, Punjab, where 44 percent are found and Gilgit-Baltistan, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account Pakistan it is found in 15 countries. It is also common in India, where 36 percent are found and Qatar, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mehndi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mehndi in the Marathi language | ||
| महदी | mahadi | 69.93 |
| मेहदी | mehadi | 15.69 |
| मेहंदी | mehandi | 13.07 |
| मेहन् | mehan | 0.65 |
| मेहनदी | mehanadi | 0.65 |
| Mehndi in the Hindi language | ||
| मेहन्दी | mehandi | 69.91 |
| मेंहदी | menhadi | 14.96 |
| मेहंदी | mehandi | 8.35 |
| मेहदी | mehadi | 3.13 |
| मेहनदी | mehanadi | 1.04 |
| मेह्न्दी | mehndi | 1.04 |
| मेह्न्दि | mehndi | 0.35 |
| मॆह्ंदी | mehndi | 0.17 |
| महेन्दी | mahendi | 0.17 |
| मेन्हदी | menhadi | 0.17 |
| महंदी | mahandi | 0.17 |
| मेंहन्दी | menhandi | 0.17 |
| मंहदी | manhadi | 0.17 |
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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 Mehndi
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