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) occurs most in Iran. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meinan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Meinan is the 2,352,516th most commonly used last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 110,417,362 people. Meinan occurs mostly 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 widely held first name at a global level It is held by 11,116 people.
The surname Meinan is most common in Iran, where it is carried by 54 people, or 1 in 1,421,899. In Iran Meinan is primarily found in: Semnan Province, where 56 percent live, Tehran Province, where 43 percent live and Qom Province, where 2 percent live. Outside of Iran this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 12 percent live and Malaysia, where 2 percent live.
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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