Menana Surname
Approximately 467 people bear this surname
Menana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 233 | 1:89,138 | 10,727 |
| Algeria | 113 | 1:341,872 | 31,467 |
| India | 48 | 1:15,980,529 | 256,885 |
| France | 42 | 1:1,581,493 | 147,826 |
| Israel | 12 | 1:713,136 | 47,700 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Meñana (9) & Menaña (1) are calculated separately.
Menana (3,081) may also be a first name.
Menana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Menana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Menana (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻨﺎﻧﻪ, Hindi: मेनाना, Marathi: मेनन, Oriya: େମନନା) is most common in Cameroon. It may also be found in the variant forms: Meñana or Menaña. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Menana? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 648,005th most frequently used surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 15,605,023 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 76 percent of Menana live; 50 percent live in Central Africa and 44 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Menana is also the 129,985th most commonly held first name world-wide, borne by 3,081 people.
It is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is borne by 233 people, or 1 in 89,138. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 81 percent are found, East Region, where 12 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 6 percent are found. Barring Cameroon Menana is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 24 percent are found and India, where 10 percent are found.
Menana Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Menana has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Menana last name rose 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Menana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Menana in the Oriya language | ||
| େମନନା | emanana | - |
| Menana in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻨﺎﻧﻪ | mnanh | 85.71 |
| ﻣﻴﻨﺎﻧﻪ | mynanh | 14.29 |
| Menana in the Marathi language | ||
| मेनन | menana | 77.78 |
| मेनना | menana | 22.22 |
| Menana in the Hindi language | ||
| मेनाना | menana | 50 |
| मेडाना | medana | 50 |
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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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