Menjay Surname
Approximately 259 people bear this surname
Menjay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 253 | 1:17,425 | 1,783 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Menjay (23) may also be a first name.
Menjay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Menjay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Menjay (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻨﺠﺎﻱ, Hindi: मेंजय) is found most frequently in Liberia. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Menjay? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 990,978th most prevalent surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 28,137,243 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Menjay live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most common first name throughout the world. It is borne by 23 people.
The last name is most widely held in Liberia, where it is borne by 253 people, or 1 in 17,425. In Liberia Menjay is most common in: Sinoe County, where 48 percent reside, Montserrado County, where 30 percent reside and Rivercess County, where 17 percent reside. Apart from Liberia this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent reside and India, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Menjay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Menjay in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻨﺠﺎﻱ | mnjay | - |
| Menjay in the Hindi language | ||
| मेंजय | menjaya | - |
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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 Menjay
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