Menyem Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Menyem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Menyem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon291:716,17551,453
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Menyem Last Name Facts

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

The surname Menyem is most common in Cameroon. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Menyem? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,543,123rd most frequently held last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Menyem live; 94 percent live in Central Africa and 90 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 29 people, or 1 in 716,175. In Cameroon Menyem is mostly found in: Centre Region, where 55 percent reside, South Region, where 34 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 7 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 3 percent reside and Thailand, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Menyiem921/
Menayeme861/
Menyieme861/
Meinyeme861/
Minyem831,791/
Meneem83402/
Menaem83275/
Meniem83228/
Menhem83166/
Meneam83158/
Menjem8328/
Mengem8318/
Meneim8311/
Megnem831/
Menehem7749/
Menheim7728/
Meneham774/
Meenhem774/
Meeneam773/
Menajem772/
Meniyam771/
Menayam771/
Mehgnem771/
Meeneem771/
Meengem771/
Meeniem771/
Meniyom771/
Mienjem771/
Megneme771/
Mieneim771/
Miniyem771/
Menayame714,493/
Meinheim7121/
Meeniyom716/
Mengayam715/
Meenheam714/
Meanaiem711/
Meneyame711/
Mengouem711/
Minyemme711/
Mayneyem711/
Meanneam711/
Menaheim711/
Menoum6726/
Mingem6714/
Menihayme673/
Menaim671/
Minjem671/
Menjim671/
Minyim671/
Miniem671/
Minhem670/

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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 Menyem
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