Menowa Surname

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

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Mauritius

Menowa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Menowa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Menowa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Menowa is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Menowa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Menowa is the 8,968,613th most widespread family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Menowa are found; 75 percent are found in Central Africa and 50 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 6,923,023. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Centre Region, where 33 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 33 percent reside and South Region, where 33 percent reside. Other than Cameroon this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Mauritius, where 25 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Meenowa92139/
Mengowa921/
Menow91203/
Mnowa912/
Mengouwa863/
Minowa8317,194/
Manowa83550/
Menova83103/
Menawa8358/
Monowa8339/
Mngowa8310/
Menoba8310/
Menowo836/
Meinow834/
Mienow833/
Mingowa77201/
Mengova7755/
Manowah7716/
Manoway7710/
Maenova779/
Mengawa775/
Meynova774/
Meinova773/
Mennova773/
Mesnova773/
Menouba773/
Mainowa773/
Menovaa772/
Megnawa772/
Meisnow772/
Mannowa772/
Manhowa771/
Metnova771/
Menhova771/
Menobai771/
Menaway771/
Monowai771/
Menobah771/
Menouva771/
Menovah770/
Monoway770/
Minow73389/
Mnova73241/
Menov73157/
Menab7376/
Menaf7373/
Menav7310/
Menof739/
Menaw737/
Menob731/
Maignowa7129/
Menafova7125/
Meenawat719/
Minabowa713/
Mingouwa711/
Mhonoiwa711/
Megnowou711/
Menobaha711/
Mengawai711/
Men67237,854/
Manova674,162/
Minova672,978/
Monova671,422/
Manawa671,334/
Menabo67470/
Mynova67351/
Minawa67148/
Menaba6798/
Monawa6790/
Mengov6746/
Menava6737/
Monowo6728/
Manowo6727/
Menoff6724/
Meinov6721/
Menová6718/
Menobo6716/
Menavo6714/
Menabó6712/
Menabò6712/
Meynov679/
Mesnov675/
Mainow675/
Menouf674/
Menabh674/
Mignow672/
Meenov672/
Menhov671/
Megnov671/
Menauw671/
Menouv671/
Menaab671/
Menofe671/
Menôva671/
Minoba671/
Mingow671/
Minowo671/
Menovo671/
Mesnaf671/
Menawo671/
Mejnov671/
Mengav671/
Minhow671/
Minows670/
Megnaw670/

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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 Menowa
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