Meniyah Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Meniyah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 9 | 1:489,837 | 23,279 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
Meniyah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meniyah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meniyah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻨﻴﺎﻩ) is held by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Meniyah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,812,366th most widely held last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Meniyah reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 82 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Liberia, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 489,837. In Liberia it is mostly found in: Bong County, where 100 percent reside. Not including Liberia Meniyah exists in one country. It is also common in Mauritania, where 18 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meniyah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meniyah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻨﻴﺎﻩ | mnyah | - |
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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 Meniyah
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