Menama Surname
Approximately 258 people bear this surname
Menama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 208 | 1:99,851 | 11,805 |
| Ivory Coast | 14 | 1:1,647,945 | 32,915 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| Yemen | 6 | 1:4,404,216 | 18,907 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Menama (416) may also be a first name.
Menama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Menama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Menama (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻨﺎﻣﻪ, Hindi: मेनमा, Oriya: େମନାମା) is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Menama click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Menama? popularity and diffusion
It is the 993,593rd most common last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 28,246,302 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 90 percent of Menama reside; 81 percent reside in Central Africa and 81 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Menama is also the 421,501st most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 416 people.
The last name Menama is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 208 people, or 1 in 99,851. In Cameroon Menama is primarily concentrated in: Centre Region, where 87 percent are found, South Region, where 10 percent are found and Far North Region, where 1 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon this surname is found in 13 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 5 percent are found and India, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Menama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Menama in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻨﺎﻣﻪ | mnamh | - |
| Menama in the Hindi language | ||
| मेनमा | menama | - |
| Menama in the Oriya language | ||
| େମନାମା | emanama | - |
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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 Menama
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