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 last name Menira (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻨﻴﺮﺍ, Hindi: मेनिरा) is carried by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Menira click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Menira? popularity and diffusion
The last name Menira is the 1,637,889th most prevalent last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 59,733,983 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Menira live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 671,014th most frequent given name throughout the world, held by 184 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Mauritania, where it is carried by 117 people, or 1 in 34,999. In Mauritania it is mostly concentrated 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. Barring Mauritania Menira is found in 4 countries. It is also found 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
- 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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