Meiny Surname
Approximately 64 people bear this surname
Meiny Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 38 | 1:107,760 | 6,553 |
| Indonesia | 24 | 1:5,510,383 | 253,014 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Meiny (513) may also be a first name.
Meiny Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meiny Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meiny (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻴﻨﻲ) occurs most in Mauritania. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meiny? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,394,033rd most widely held family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 113,867,905 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 59 percent of Meiny reside; 59 percent reside in West Africa and 59 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Meiny is also the 373,244th most frequently occurring given name world-wide, borne by 513 people.
The surname is most common in Mauritania, where it is held by 38 people, or 1 in 107,760. In Mauritania Meiny is most numerous in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 92 percent are found, Guidimagha Region, where 3 percent are found and Trarza Region, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account Mauritania Meiny exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 38 percent are found and Brazil, where 2 percent are found.
Meiny Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Meiny has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Meiny last name contracted 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meiny Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meiny in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﻴﻨﻲ | amyny | 38.46 |
| ﻣﻴﻨﻲ | myny | 30.77 |
| ﻣﻴﻨﻰ | myny | 7.69 |
| ﻣﻴﻦ | myn | 7.69 |
| ﺍﻣﻴﻨﻰ | amyny | 7.69 |
| ﺃﻣﻴﻦ | amyn | 7.69 |
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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 Meiny
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