Melainine Surname

1,222,957th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 191 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Melainine Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Melainine Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania1831:22,3761,977
Algeria41:9,657,88864,782
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Melainine (266) may also be a first name.

Melainine Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Melainine Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Melainine (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻠﻌﻴﻨﻴﻦ) is borne by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Melainine? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,222,957th most commonly occurring surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 38,154,691 people. The surname Melainine occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Melainine are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 545,281st most numerous forename globally, borne by 266 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Mauritania, where it is held by 183 people, or 1 in 22,376. In Mauritania it is mostly found in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 27 percent are found, Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 22 percent are found and Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 21 percent are found. Apart from Mauritania Melainine is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 2 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Melainine Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Melainine in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻣﻠﻌﻴﻨﻴﻦmlynyn66.67
ﻣﺎﻟﻌﻴﻨﻴﻦmalynyn14.29
ﻣﺎﺀﺍﻟﻌﻴﻨﻴﻦmaalynyn14.29
ﻣﺎﺀﺍﻟﻌﻴﻨﻦmaalynn2.38
ﻣﻠﻌﻴﻨﻦmlynn2.38

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Melainine
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