Minah Surname
Approximately 12,009 people bear this surname
Minah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Leone | 6,422 | 1:1,104 | 206 |
| Indonesia | 4,764 | 1:27,760 | 3,278 |
| Israel | 245 | 1:34,929 | 4,881 |
| Malaysia | 211 | 1:139,783 | 8,872 |
| Nigeria | 81 | 1:2,186,948 | 74,923 |
| United States | 76 | 1:4,769,196 | 247,034 |
| Liberia | 56 | 1:78,724 | 6,600 |
| India | 37 | 1:20,731,497 | 300,213 |
| England | 23 | 1:2,422,524 | 89,093 |
| Germany | 13 | 1:6,192,728 | 213,814 |
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| France | 9 | 1:7,380,302 | 306,885 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Mauritania | 6 | 1:682,477 | 21,744 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Minah (82,660) may also be a first name.
Minah Demographics
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Minah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Minah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Minah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻨﺎﻩ, Hindi: मिनाह, Marathi: िमनाह, Oriya: ମିନାହ) is carried by more people in Sierra Leone than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Minah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 43,340th most prevalent last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 606,840 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 55 percent of Minah reside; 55 percent reside in West Africa and 54 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 12,034th most commonly used first name worldwide It is held by 82,660 people.
The surname Minah is most common in Sierra Leone, where it is borne by 6,422 people, or 1 in 1,104. Excluding Sierra Leone it occurs in 33 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 40 percent live and Israel, where 2 percent live.
Minah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Minah has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Minah last name grew 2,533 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 767 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Minah Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Minah surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% being registered with the political party.
Minah earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 9.6% more than the national average, earning $47,292 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Minah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Minah in the Oriya language | ||
| ମିନାହ | minaha | - |
| Minah in the Marathi language | ||
| िमनाह | imanaha | - |
| Minah in the Hindi language | ||
| मिनाह | minaha | 60 |
| मिनहाज | minahaja | 20 |
| मीनाह | minaha | 20 |
| Minah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻨﺎﻩ | mnah | 50 |
| ﻣﻨﻪ | mnh | 20 |
| ﻣﻨﺢ | mnh | 10 |
| ﻣﻨﺎﺡ | mnah | 10 |
| ﻣﻴﻨﺎﻩ | mynah | 10 |
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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 Minah
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