Mhen Surname
Approximately 269 people bear this surname
Mhen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 254 | 1:697,412 | 32,206 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
Mhen (885) may also be a first name.
Mhen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mhen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mhen (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻬﺎﻥ) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Mhen click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mhen? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 966,131st most widespread family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 27,091,249 people. The surname Mhen occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Mhen are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 273,274th most frequent first name worldwide It is held by 885 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 254 people, or 1 in 697,412. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Benue, where 96 percent live, Kano, where 4 percent live and Ekiti, where 0 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent live and Pakistan, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mhen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mhen in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﻬﺎﻥ | amhan | - |
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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 Mhen
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