Menakaya Surname

1,596,935th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 127 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
England

Menakaya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Menakaya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria551:3,220,77797,902
England351:1,591,94567,242
United States331:10,983,604436,696
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Menakaya Last Name Facts

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

The last name Menakaya is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Menakaya? popularity and diffusion

The surname Menakaya is the 1,596,935th most frequently occurring last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 57,382,251 people. Menakaya is mostly found in Africa, where 43 percent of Menakaya reside; 43 percent reside in West Africa and 43 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Menakaya is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 55 people, or 1 in 3,220,777. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Enugu, where 35 percent are found, Lagos, where 24 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 13 percent are found. Besides Nigeria Menakaya is found in 5 countries. It is also common in England, where 28 percent are found and The United States, where 26 percent are found.

Menakaya Last Name Statistics demography

Menakaya earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 8.57% more than the national average, earning $46,848 USD per year.

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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 Menakaya
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