Menira Surname
Approximately 122 people bear this surname
Menira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 117 | 1:34,999 | 2,803 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Menira (184) may also be a first name.
Menira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Menira Come From? nationality or country of origin
Menira (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻨﻴﺮﺍ, Hindi: मेनिरा) is more commonly found in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Menira? popularity and diffusion
Menira is the 1,637,889th most frequently held surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 59,733,983 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Menira live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Menira is also the 671,014th most common first name on earth. It is borne by 184 people.
The surname is most widely held in Mauritania, where it is held by 117 people, or 1 in 34,999. In Mauritania it is most numerous in: Trarza Region, where 53 percent reside, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 34 percent reside and Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 5 percent reside. Without taking into account Mauritania Menira occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 2 percent reside and Ethiopia, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Menira Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Menira in the Hindi language | ||
| मेनिरा | menira | - |
| Menira in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻨﻴﺮﺍ | mnyra | 57.89 |
| ﻣﻨﻴﺮﻩ | mnyrh | 31.58 |
| ﻣﻨﻴﺮ | mnyr | 7.89 |
| ﻣﻮﻧﻴﺮﺓ | mwnyrt | 2.63 |
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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 Menira
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