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
The surname Menira (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻨﻴﺮﺍ, Hindi: मेनिरा) is found in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Menira? popularity and diffusion
The surname Menira is the 1,637,889th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 59,733,983 people. The surname Menira occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Menira are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 671,014th most widespread first name at a global level It is held by 184 people.
This last name is most widespread in Mauritania, where it is held by 117 people, or 1 in 34,999. In Mauritania it is primarily found in: Trarza Region, where 53 percent are found, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 34 percent are found and Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 5 percent are found. Beside Mauritania Menira is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 2 percent are found and Ethiopia, where 1 percent are found.
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
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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 Menira
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