Menaya Surname
Approximately 240 people bear this surname
Menaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 168 | 1:278,286 | 17,191 |
| Philippines | 31 | 1:3,265,749 | 145,701 |
| Argentina | 8 | 1:5,342,927 | 168,491 |
| Ivory Coast | 6 | 1:3,845,205 | 48,272 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Menaya (62) may also be a first name.
Menaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Menaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Menaya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻨﺎﻱ, Marathi: मेनया, Russian: Меная) is found in Spain more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Menaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,044,719th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 30,364,775 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 73 percent of Menaya live; 70 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 70 percent live in Iberian Europe. Menaya is also the 1,246,114th most commonly used first name in the world. It is borne by 62 people.
The last name Menaya is most widespread in Spain, where it is borne by 168 people, or 1 in 278,286. In Spain Menaya is mostly concentrated in: Extremadura, where 45 percent live, Madrid, where 18 percent live and Galicia, where 11 percent live. Barring Spain it is found in 15 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 13 percent live and Argentina, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Menaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Menaya in the Marathi language | ||
| मेनया | menaya | - |
| Menaya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻨﺎﻱ | mnay | 40 |
| ﻣﻨﺎﻳﻪ | mnayh | 20 |
| ﻣﻨﺎﻳﺎ | mnaya | 20 |
| ﻣﻨﻴﻪ | mnyh | 20 |
| Menaya in the Russian language | ||
| Меная | menaa | - |
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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 Menaya
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