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 borne by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of Menayi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Menayi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,558,593rd most common surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 55,208,681 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Menayi are found; 56 percent are found in West Africa and 56 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 930,172nd most frequently held first name on earth It is held by 103 people.
Menayi is most prevalent in Benin, where it is carried by 57 people, or 1 in 181,326. In Benin Menayi is most frequent in: Zou Department, where 40 percent reside, Borgou Department, where 23 percent reside and Collines Department, where 23 percent reside. Besides Benin this surname exists 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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