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
Meyene (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻴﻦ) is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Meyene? popularity and diffusion
The last name Meyene is the 1,328,442nd most commonly held last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 43,121,573 people. The surname Meyene is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Meyene are found; 85 percent are found in Central Africa and 76 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Meyene is also the 513,559th most common forename in the world It is held by 295 people.
The surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 144 people, or 1 in 144,230. In Cameroon Meyene is most prevalent in: Centre Region, where 75 percent are found, East Region, where 12 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 8 percent are found. Not including Cameroon it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 13 percent are found and Mauritania, where 2 percent are found.
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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