Meneka Surname
Approximately 448 people bear this surname
Meneka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 294 | 1:251,291 | 23,908 |
| India | 138 | 1:5,558,445 | 134,139 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Meneka (2,132) may also be a first name.
Meneka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meneka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meneka (Bengali: মেনেকা, Hindi: मेनेका, Marathi: मेनेका, Oriya: େମେନକା) is more commonly found in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Meneka? popularity and diffusion
The last name Meneka is the 668,257th most frequently occurring family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 16,266,844 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 67 percent of Meneka are found; 66 percent are found in Central Africa and 66 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Meneka is also the 162,719th most commonly used given name at a global level. It is borne by 2,132 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in The DR Congo, where it is held by 294 people, or 1 in 251,291. Excluding The DR Congo Meneka exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in India, where 31 percent are found and Bangladesh, where 1 percent are found.
Meneka Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Meneka has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Meneka last name decreased 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meneka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meneka in the Bengali language | ||
| মেনেকা | meneka | - |
| Meneka in the Oriya language | ||
| େମେନକା | emenaka | 95.97 |
| େମନକା | emanaka | 2.42 |
| Meneka in the Hindi language | ||
| मेनेका | meneka | 77.78 |
| मेनका | menaka | 22.22 |
| Meneka in the Marathi language | ||
| मेनेका | meneka | 66.67 |
| मेनका | menaka | 33.33 |
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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 Meneka
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