Menayi Surname
Approximately 132 people bear this surname
Menayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 57 | 1:181,326 | 17,693 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Menayi (103) may also be a first name.
Menayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Menayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Menayi is more commonly found in Benin than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Menayi.
How Common Is The Last Name Menayi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,558,593rd most numerous family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 55,208,681 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Menayi live; 56 percent live in West Africa and 56 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 930,172nd most widely held first name at a global level, borne by 103 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Benin, where it is held by 57 people, or 1 in 181,326. In Benin Menayi is primarily found in: Zou Department, where 40 percent reside, Borgou Department, where 23 percent reside and Collines Department, where 23 percent reside. Apart from Benin it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 42 percent reside and Nigeria, where 13 percent reside.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Menayi
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