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
Menana (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻨﺎﻧﻪ, Hindi: मेनाना, Marathi: मेनन, Oriya: େମନନା) is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Meñana or Menaña. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Menana? popularity and diffusion
The last name Menana is the 648,005th most common family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 15,605,023 people. The surname Menana occurs predominantly in Africa, where 76 percent of Menana are found; 50 percent are found in Central Africa and 44 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 129,985th most widely held given name internationally, held by 3,081 people.
The last name Menana is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 233 people, or 1 in 89,138. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Centre Region, where 81 percent live, East Region, where 12 percent live and Littoral Region, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon this surname is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 24 percent live and India, where 10 percent live.
Menana Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Menana has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 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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- 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 Menana
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