Meinan Surname
Approximately 66 people bear this surname
Meinan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 54 | 1:1,421,899 | 57,683 |
| Mauritania | 8 | 1:511,858 | 18,608 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Meinan (11,116) may also be a first name.
Meinan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meinan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meinan (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻴﻨﺎﻥ) is held by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Meinan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,352,516th most commonly used surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 110,417,362 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 85 percent of Meinan are found; 82 percent are found in South Asia and 82 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Meinan is also the 57,073rd most prevalent first name worldwide, borne by 11,116 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Iran, where it is borne by 54 people, or 1 in 1,421,899. In Iran it is primarily concentrated in: Semnan Province, where 56 percent are found, Tehran Province, where 43 percent are found and Qom Province, where 2 percent are found. Not including Iran this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 12 percent are found and Malaysia, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meinan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meinan in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻴﻨﺎﻥ | mynan | - |
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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 Meinan
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