Meinane Surname
Approximately 58 people bear this surname
Meinane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 43 | 1:4,119,599 | 115,187 |
| Mauritania | 12 | 1:341,239 | 14,334 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
Meinane (44) may also be a first name.
Meinane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meinane Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meinane (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻴﻨﺎﻧﻪ) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Meinane.
How Common Is The Last Name Meinane? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,530,696th most commonly occurring surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 125,647,343 people. The last name Meinane is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Meinane live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 74 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Meinane is also the 1,525,482nd most commonly used first name in the world, borne by 44 people.
This last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 43 people, or 1 in 4,119,599. In Nigeria Meinane is mostly concentrated in: Delta, where 49 percent reside, Bayelsa, where 23 percent reside and Rivers, where 14 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 21 percent reside and England, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meinane Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meinane in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻴﻨﺎﻧﻪ | mynanh | 28.57 |
| ﺍﻣﻴﻨﺎﻥ | amynan | 23.81 |
| ﻣﻴﻨﺎﻥ | mynan | 23.81 |
| ﺍﻣﻴﻨﺎﻧﻪ | amynanh | 9.52 |
| ﺃﻣﻴﻨﺎﻥ | amynan | 4.76 |
| ﺍﻣﻴﻨﺎﻧﺔ | amynant | 4.76 |
| ﺃﻣﻴﻨﺎﻧﻪ | amynanh | 4.76 |
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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 Meinane
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