Menshan Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Menshan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 9 | 1:1,148,400 | 50,768 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Menshan (292) may also be a first name.
Menshan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Menshan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Menshan (Hindi: मेंशन, Marathi: मशान) is held by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Menshan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,908,606th most frequent surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 69 percent of Menshan reside; 69 percent reside in West Africa and 63 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Menshan is also the 516,683rd most frequently occurring given name world-wide It is held by 292 people.
This last name is most common in Benin, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 1,148,400. In Benin it is primarily found in: Mono Department, where 56 percent live, Atlantique Department, where 11 percent live and Collines Department, where 11 percent live. Outside of Benin this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 25 percent live and Liberia, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Menshan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Menshan in the Hindi language | ||
| मेंशन | mensana | - |
| Menshan in the Marathi language | ||
| मशान | masana | - |
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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 Menshan
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