Menyene Surname

1,286,243rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 177 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Menyene Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Menyene Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon1731:120,05213,748
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
France11:66,422,722504,397

Menyene (683) may also be a first name.

Menyene Last Name Facts

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

The last name Menyene has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Menyene click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Menyene? popularity and diffusion

Menyene is the 1,286,243rd most widespread surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 41,172,576 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Menyene reside; 98 percent reside in Central Africa and 98 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 316,697th most frequently used first name in the world, held by 683 people.

Menyene is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 173 people, or 1 in 120,052. In Cameroon Menyene is mostly found in: Centre Region, where 83 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 14 percent are found and South Region, where 2 percent are found. Barring Cameroon Menyene is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 2 percent are found and France, where 1 percent are found.

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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 Menyene
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