Meknass Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Meknass Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 6 | 1:682,477 | 21,744 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
Meknass Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meknass Come From? nationality or country of origin
Meknass (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻜﻨﺎﺱ) has its highest incidence in Mauritania. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meknass? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,063,924th most frequently held surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Meknass are found; 60 percent are found in West Africa and 60 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.
The last name is most widespread in Mauritania, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 682,477. In Mauritania Meknass is most numerous in: Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 100 percent live. Barring Mauritania this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Algeria, where 40 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meknasse | 93 | 1 | / |
| Meknas | 92 | 356 | / |
| Maknass | 86 | 170 | / |
| Mekhnas | 86 | 2 | / |
| Miknass | 86 | 1 | / |
| Moknass | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mekna | 83 | 4 | / |
| Meškėnas | 80 | 73 | / |
| Micknass | 80 | 44 | / |
| Makhnass | 80 | 4 | / |
| Meckna | 77 | 73 | / |
| Miknas | 77 | 36 | / |
| Meknga | 77 | 19 | / |
| Maknas | 77 | 8 | / |
| Meknaz | 77 | 4 | / |
| Meknap | 77 | 2 | / |
| Meknai | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mekhna | 77 | 2 | / |
| Meknousse | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mikėnas | 71 | 377 | / |
| Mekenna | 71 | 19 | / |
| Meknous | 71 | 4 | / |
| Mekinna | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mokhnas | 71 | 1 | / |
| Makknas | 71 | 1 | / |
| Micknas | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mikënas | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mekhnaz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mekhnach | 67 | 148 | / |
| Mikna | 67 | 93 | / |
| Micknaus | 67 | 37 | / |
| Meqna | 67 | 10 | / |
| Meckenna | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mickneas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mekinnau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Micknahs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Miknėnas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mecna | 67 | 1 | / |
Meknass Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meknass in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻜﻨﺎﺱ | mknas | - |
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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 Meknass
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