Meinou Surname
Approximately 31 people bear this surname
Meinou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 27 | 1:151,662 | 8,378 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Meinou (73) may also be a first name.
Meinou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meinou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meinou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻴﻨﻮ) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Meinou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,543,123rd most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Meinou are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 87 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 1,134,117th most numerous first name world-wide It is held by 73 people.
The last name Meinou is most common in Mauritania, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 151,662. In Mauritania Meinou is mostly found in: Brakna Region, where 37 percent reside, Hodh Chargui Region, where 33 percent reside and Assaba Region, where 15 percent reside. Aside from Mauritania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 10 percent reside and Benin, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meinou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meinou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻴﻨﻮ | mynw | 37.5 |
| ﺍﻣﻴﻨﻮ | amynw | 25 |
| ﺍﻣﻴﻦ | amyn | 25 |
| ﺃﻣﻴﻨﻮ | amynw | 6.25 |
| ﺃﻣﻴﻦ | amyn | 6.25 |
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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 Meinou
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