Mounye Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Mounye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Mounye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mounye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mounye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻨﻴﻪ) is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mounye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,812,366th most widely held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Mounye reside; 64 percent reside in West Africa and 45 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 6,923,023. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 67 percent live and Littoral Region, where 33 percent live. Barring Cameroon this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 27 percent live and Benin, where 18 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mounye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mounye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻨﻴﻪ | mnyh | - |
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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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- 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 Mounye
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