Meniya Surname
Approximately 108 people bear this surname
Meniya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 81 | 1:9,469,943 | 186,993 |
| Israel | 14 | 1:611,260 | 42,949 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 6 | 1:995,442 | 57,680 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
Meniya (403) may also be a first name.
Meniya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meniya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meniya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻨﻴﻪ, Hindi: मेनिया, Marathi: मेिनया) occurs most in India. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meniya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,765,740th most commonly occurring last name globally, borne by around 1 in 67,477,277 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 94 percent of Meniya live; 75 percent live in South Asia and 75 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Meniya is also the 429,755th most frequently held forename worldwide, held by 403 people.
This last name is most widespread in India, where it is held by 81 people, or 1 in 9,469,943. In India Meniya is mostly found in: Gujarat, where 49 percent are found, Punjab, where 37 percent are found and Arunachal Pradesh, where 4 percent are found. Excluding India this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 13 percent are found and Kyrgyzstan, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meniya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meniya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻨﻴﻪ | mnyh | - |
| Meniya in the Marathi language | ||
| मेिनया | meinaya | - |
| Meniya in the Hindi language | ||
| मेनिया | meniya | 77.78 |
| मेडिया | mediya | 11.11 |
| मेङिया | meniya | 5.56 |
| मेनीया | meniya | 5.56 |
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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 Meniya
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