Menaye Surname
Approximately 124 people bear this surname
Menaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 67 | 1:309,986 | 28,740 |
| South Africa | 19 | 1:2,851,458 | 109,033 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Menaye (71) may also be a first name.
Menaye Demographics
Average Menaye Salary in
South Africa
R 250,548
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Menaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Menaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Menaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻨﺎﻱ, Marathi: मेनये) has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Menaye? popularity and diffusion
Menaye is the 1,620,164th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 58,770,532 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 83 percent of Menaye live; 54 percent live in West Africa and 52 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,152,838th most frequent forename world-wide It is held by 71 people.
Menaye is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 67 people, or 1 in 309,986. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Far North Region, where 97 percent live, North Region, where 1 percent live and West Region, where 1 percent live. Other than Cameroon this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 15 percent live and India, where 14 percent live.
Menaye Last Name Statistics demography
Menaye earn somewhat more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 5.43% more than the national average, earning R 250,548 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Menaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Menaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻨﺎﻱ | mnay | - |
| Menaye in the Marathi language | ||
| मेनये | menaye | 61.54 |
| मेणये | menaye | 30.77 |
| मनये | manaye | 7.69 |
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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 Menaye
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