Menouf Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Menouf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Menouf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania21:2,047,43230,537
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813

Menouf (4) may also be a first name.

Menouf Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Menouf Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Menouf (Arabic: منوف, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻨﻮﻑ) is found most in Mauritania. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Menouf click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Menouf? popularity and diffusion

It is the 8,968,613th most commonly occurring last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Menouf occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Menouf reside; 50 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Menouf is also the 6,192,526th most commonly used first name at a global level, borne by 4 people.

The last name is most common in Mauritania, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 2,047,432. In Mauritania Menouf is mostly concentrated in: Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 50 percent reside and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 50 percent reside. Beside Mauritania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 25 percent reside and Iraq, where 25 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Megnouf921/
Mehnouf921/
Menof919/
Menuf911/
Menoff8324/
Menufe831/
Menofe831/
Menouv831/
Meinhof7799/
Meyneuf771/
Menhoff770/
Menow73203/
Menov73157/
Menaf7373/
Minof7345/
Minuf732/
Menuv731/
Menob731/
Meinhoff7115/
Minoff67294/
Menaif67135/
Menova67103/
Minauf6764/
Mengov6746/
Meinov6721/
Minhof6710/
Meynov679/
Meneaf676/
Mesnov675/
Menowa674/
Meinow674/
Mienow673/
Menuev673/
Mainof673/
Muinof672/
Meenov672/
Mesnaf671/
Mihnof671/
Megnov671/
Menhov671/
Menauw671/
Menuew671/
Menyef671/
Mejnov671/

Menouf Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Menouf in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻣﻨﻮﻑmnwf50
ﺍﻟﻤﻨﻮﻑalmnwf50
Menouf in the Arabic language
منوفmnwf-

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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 Menouf
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