Meneye Surname
Approximately 167 people bear this surname
Meneye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 136 | 1:152,714 | 16,743 |
| Mauritania | 30 | 1:136,495 | 7,782 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Meneye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meneye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Meneye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻨﻲ) is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Meneye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,338,236th most widespread last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 43,637,999 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Meneye reside; 72 percent reside in Central Africa and 72 percent reside in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa.
The surname is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 136 people, or 1 in 152,714. In Cameroon Meneye is most frequent in: East Region, where 88 percent live, Far North Region, where 10 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 1 percent live. Outside of Cameroon this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 18 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meneye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meneye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻨﻲ | mny | 72.73 |
| ﻣﻨﻴﻪ | mnyh | 27.27 |
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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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- 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 Meneye
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