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
Meinan (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻴﻨﺎﻥ) is borne by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meinan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,352,516th most frequently occurring family name globally, borne by around 1 in 110,417,362 people. The last name Meinan is primarily found in Asia, where 85 percent of Meinan live; 82 percent live in South Asia and 82 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Meinan is also the 57,073rd most commonly occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 11,116 people.
Meinan is most frequently occurring in Iran, where it is held by 54 people, or 1 in 1,421,899. In Iran Meinan is mostly found in: Semnan Province, where 56 percent reside, Tehran Province, where 43 percent reside and Qom Province, where 2 percent reside. Excluding Iran Meinan exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 12 percent reside and Malaysia, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meinan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meinan in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻴﻨﺎﻥ | mynan | - |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Meinan
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis