Meyene Surname
Approximately 169 people bear this surname
Meyene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 144 | 1:144,230 | 16,009 |
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
Meyene (295) may also be a first name.
Meyene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meyene Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meyene (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻴﻦ) has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meyene? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,328,442nd most prevalent last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 43,121,573 people. Meyene occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Meyene live; 85 percent live in Central Africa and 76 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 513,559th most commonly occurring given name on earth. It is borne by 295 people.
The last name Meyene is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 144 people, or 1 in 144,230. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Centre Region, where 75 percent reside, East Region, where 12 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 8 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon Meyene occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 13 percent reside and Mauritania, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meyene Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meyene in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﻴﻦ | amyn | 80 |
| ﺃﻣﻴﻦ | amyn | 20 |
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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 Meyene
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