Menyana Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Menyana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Menyana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon191:1,093,10967,608
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Menyana (150) may also be a first name.

Menyana Last Name Facts

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

The last name Menyana (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻨﻴﺎﻧﻪ) is most common in Cameroon. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Menyana click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Menyana? popularity and diffusion

Menyana is the 4,116,508th most frequently occurring surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Menyana live; 87 percent live in Central Africa and 87 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Menyana is also the 752,187th most prevalent first name worldwide. It is borne by 150 people.

Menyana is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 1,093,109. In Cameroon Menyana is most numerous in: South Region, where 95 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 5 percent are found. Not including Cameroon it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Gabon, where 4 percent are found and South Africa, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Menyana Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Menyana in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻣﻨﻴﺎﻧﻪamnyanh60
ﻣﻨﻴﺎﻧﻪmnyanh40

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Menyana
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