Menih Surname
Approximately 276 people bear this surname
Menih Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 96 | 1:42,655 | 3,243 |
| Indonesia | 91 | 1:1,453,288 | 98,507 |
| Slovenia | 57 | 1:43,643 | 7,685 |
| Algeria | 19 | 1:2,033,240 | 43,760 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Menih (1,547) may also be a first name.
Menih Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Menih Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Menih (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻨﻴﻪ) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Menih? popularity and diffusion
It is the 948,111th most widespread last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 26,404,152 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 42 percent of Menih live; 35 percent live in West Africa and 35 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Menih is also the 197,070th most common given name at a global level, held by 1,547 people.
It is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is held by 96 people, or 1 in 42,655. In Mauritania Menih is most prevalent in: Trarza Region, where 57 percent are found, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 13 percent are found and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 13 percent are found. Outside of Mauritania this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 33 percent are found and Slovenia, where 21 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Menih Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Menih in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻨﻴﻪ | mnyh | 97.44 |
| ﺍﻣﻨﻴﻪ | amnyh | 2.56 |
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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 Menih
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