Menye Surname
Approximately 8,967 people bear this surname
Menye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 8,115 | 1:2,559 | 286 |
| South Africa | 444 | 1:122,022 | 14,442 |
| Tanzania | 110 | 1:481,287 | 32,644 |
| Nigeria | 104 | 1:1,703,296 | 62,619 |
| India | 57 | 1:13,457,287 | 231,997 |
| Kenya | 31 | 1:1,489,674 | 35,719 |
| France | 22 | 1:3,019,215 | 204,848 |
| Uganda | 12 | 1:3,253,273 | 85,117 |
| Turkey | 11 | 1:7,074,675 | 122,870 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
The alternate forms: Menyé (2) are calculated separately.
Menye (742) may also be a first name.
Menye Demographics
Menye Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Menye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Menye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Menye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻨﻴﻪ, Marathi: मेणये) is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Menyé. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Menye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 56,531st most widely held last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 812,707 people. The last name Menye occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Menye live; 91 percent live in Central Africa and 89 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 301,975th most frequently held first name throughout the world It is held by 742 people.
This surname is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 8,115 people, or 1 in 2,559. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Centre Region, where 77 percent live, South Region, where 16 percent live and Littoral Region, where 4 percent live. Outside of Cameroon it exists in 29 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 5 percent live and Tanzania, where 1 percent live.
Menye Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
The amount Menye earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 9.43% less than the national average, earning R 215,220 per year and in United States they earn 17.78% less than the national average, earning $35,475 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Menye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Menye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻨﻴﻪ | mnyh | - |
| Menye in the Marathi language | ||
| मेणये | menaye | 91.11 |
| मेन्ये | men'ye | 6.67 |
| मेणयेाराम | menayearama | 2.22 |
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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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- 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 Menye
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