Mene Surname
Approximately 18,439 people bear this surname
Mene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4,794 | 1:36,951 | 2,985 |
| India | 3,430 | 1:223,634 | 13,217 |
| South Africa | 3,428 | 1:15,804 | 1,997 |
| Indonesia | 1,343 | 1:98,473 | 10,198 |
| Cameroon | 729 | 1:28,490 | 3,860 |
| DR Congo | 684 | 1:108,011 | 11,961 |
| Ivory Coast | 629 | 1:36,679 | 2,423 |
| Argentina | 526 | 1:81,261 | 6,877 |
| Mauritania | 391 | 1:10,473 | 1,076 |
| France | 390 | 1:170,315 | 26,499 |
| Spain | 298 | 1:156,886 | 11,448 |
| Israel | 224 | 1:38,204 | 5,249 |
| Italy | 204 | 1:299,788 | 37,710 |
| Haiti | 154 | 1:69,376 | 3,807 |
| United States | 144 | 1:2,517,076 | 153,460 |
| Brazil | 121 | 1:1,769,209 | 57,430 |
| Papua New Guinea | 101 | 1:80,730 | 10,659 |
| Tanzania | 93 | 1:569,265 | 36,354 |
| Albania | 69 | 1:42,233 | 5,855 |
| Iran | 62 | 1:1,238,428 | 52,776 |
| Philippines | 59 | 1:1,715,902 | 111,316 |
| Lesotho | 53 | 1:38,350 | 6,671 |
| Australia | 53 | 1:509,353 | 38,491 |
| New Caledonia | 52 | 1:5,312 | 1,081 |
| England | 42 | 1:1,326,620 | 59,571 |
| Zimbabwe | 40 | 1:385,956 | 35,257 |
| Ukraine | 31 | 1:1,468,474 | 118,175 |
| Uganda | 29 | 1:1,346,182 | 51,611 |
| Ethiopia | 25 | 1:3,901,850 | 10,182 |
| Northern Cyprus | 25 | 1:12,760 | 3,292 |
| Greece | 21 | 1:527,609 | 66,013 |
| Liberia | 17 | 1:259,326 | 15,766 |
| Kosovo | 15 | 1:124,125 | 6,042 |
| New Zealand | 14 | 1:323,452 | 26,435 |
| Colombia | 12 | 1:3,981,173 | 16,511 |
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| Taiwan | 11 | 1:2,131,341 | 13,802 |
| Venezuela | 11 | 1:2,745,825 | 29,869 |
| Congo | 10 | 1:498,910 | 11,250 |
| Solomon Islands | 7 | 1:82,861 | 15,196 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| Mexico | 7 | 1:17,732,315 | 50,495 |
| Kenya | 7 | 1:6,597,129 | 51,431 |
| Turkey | 7 | 1:11,117,346 | 139,182 |
| Uruguay | 6 | 1:571,960 | 26,877 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 2 | 1:88,712 | 2,936 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 38 | 1:1,321,544 | 72,820 |
The alternate forms: Mené (26), Menè (8), Mêne (5), Mène (3), Méne (2) & Méné (6) are calculated separately.
Mene (4,437) may also be a first name.
Mene Demographics
Mene Political Affiliation
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Mene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mene Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mene (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻦ, Hindi: मेने, Marathi: मेणे, Oriya: େମେନ) occurs most in Nigeria. It may also occur as a variant: Mené, Menè, Mêne, Mène, Méne or Méné. For other possible spellings of Mene click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mene? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 29,098th most frequent last name in the world, held by around 1 in 395,225 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 58 percent of Mene live; 31 percent live in West Africa and 28 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Mene is also the 103,450th most commonly used first name world-wide It is held by 4,437 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 4,794 people, or 1 in 36,951. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Delta, where 66 percent are found, Rivers, where 20 percent are found and Edo, where 4 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this surname occurs in 76 countries. It also occurs in India, where 19 percent are found and South Africa, where 19 percent are found.
Mene Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Mene has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Mene last name rose 379 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 840 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Mene Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Mene last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland and Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Mene surname are 17.6% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 70.83% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Mene earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 53.15% more than the national average, earning €45,991 per year; in South Africa they earn 41.81% less than the national average, earning R 138,276 per year; in Colombia they earn 15.1% more than the national average, earning $26,129,500 COP per year and in United States they earn 3.26% more than the national average, earning $44,554 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mene Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mene in the Hindi language | ||
| मेने | mene | - |
| Mene in the Oriya language | ||
| େମେନ | emena | 94.12 |
| େମେଣ | emena | 5.88 |
| Mene in the Marathi language | ||
| मेणे | mene | 54.18 |
| मेने | mene | 44.99 |
| मेञे | mene | 0.66 |
| मोेने | moene | 0.04 |
| मेणे़ | mene | 0.04 |
| Mene in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻦ | mn | 42.2 |
| ﻣﻨﻪ | mnh | 40.32 |
| ﺍﻣﻦ | amn | 9.41 |
| ﺃﻣﻦ | amn | 3.23 |
| ﻣﻨﺎ | mna | 1.34 |
| ﺍﻣﻨﻪ | amnh | 0.81 |
| ﺁﻣﻨﺔ | amnt | 0.54 |
| ﻣﻨﺔ | mnt | 0.54 |
| ﻣﻨﻰ | mny | 0.54 |
| ﺍﻣﻨﺎ | amna | 0.27 |
| ﻣﻴﻦ | myn | 0.27 |
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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 Mene
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