Menif Surname

2,555,468th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 57 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Tunisia

Menif Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Menif Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon161:1,298,06776,941
Tunisia131:46,9716,396
Morocco91:3,830,67854,497
France61:11,070,454349,096
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Algeria31:12,877,18484,902
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

The alternate forms: Ménif (3) are calculated separately.

Menif (125) may also be a first name.

Menif Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Menif Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Menif is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as: Ménif. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Menif? popularity and diffusion

Menif is the 2,555,468th most frequent surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 127,851,683 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 72 percent of Menif live; 44 percent live in North Africa and 44 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 832,731st most frequently held given name internationally It is held by 125 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 1,298,067. In Cameroon Menif is most prevalent in: Centre Region, where 100 percent reside. Other than Cameroon this last name is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Tunisia, where 23 percent reside and Morocco, where 16 percent reside.

Menif Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Menif has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name fell 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ménif933/
Menaif91135/
Moenif9116/
Menitf913/
Menift911/
Megnif911/
Menife911/
Meniff911/
Meniffe831/
Monif80431/
Manif80229/
Meniv8015/
Meniw8015/
Minif8012/
Menib804/
Menef803/
Manief73138/
Mhanif7356/
Maniff7339/
Minaif7338/
Meniev7330/
Mineif7326/
Mohnif7313/
Menefe7312/
Manaif739/
Meneaf736/
Minife734/
Mujnif732/
Meniws732/
Meneff732/
Maneif731/
Menaiv731/
Mahnif731/
Moniff731/
Mengef731/
Minisf731/
Mannif730/
Meneffe6715/
Meengiw671/
Meyneuf671/
M'Hanif671/
Mhanief671/
Meuniev671/
Mahanif671/
Manhiff670/

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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 Menif
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