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 surname Menih (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻨﻴﻪ) is found most in Mauritania. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Menih? popularity and diffusion
It is the 948,111th most numerous last name globally, held by around 1 in 26,404,152 people. The surname Menih occurs predominantly in Africa, where 42 percent of Menih live; 35 percent live in West Africa and 35 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 197,070th most frequently held first name at a global level. It is borne by 1,547 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Mauritania, where it is held by 96 people, or 1 in 42,655. In Mauritania Menih is primarily concentrated in: Trarza Region, where 57 percent live, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 13 percent live and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 13 percent live. Without taking into account Mauritania this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 33 percent live and Slovenia, where 21 percent live.
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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